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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

My father and his neighbors on either side (a brother and a sister (RIP)), 
have multi-acre front yards.  My uncle and aunt both had their front yards 
completely cleared ( before I was born) except for a hadful of choice trrees. 
 

My father kept his front yards as "woods" , complete with all size trees and 
undergrowth.  It makes for much better privacy the way my father did, but 
most, do like my father's sibling did.....bobford


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--- On Wed, 11/5/08, eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net> wrote:

> From: eureka AT hctc.net <eureka AT hctc.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Beetle Invasion in N.E.
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 9:06 AM
> We have Oak Wilt, carried by a beetle dangerously close to
> us, about 15 minutes away. It is also often spread through
> firewood, some idiot cutting down an oak that's died
> from it and selling the wood, or using the same chain saw
> afterwards without cleaing it. If you've visited my blog
> you understand the size of our oaks and concern around here.
> 
> Another thing the article brings up is the loss of property
> values in the area where the destruction, and preventative
> destruction is taking place. One thing I am big on as a
> botanist is encouraging people to have trees of all ages,
> including babies and teenagers, so to speak since landscapes
> are dynamic. This helps in maintaining property value. I am
> so often amazed that people's landscapes include only
> the mature (because everything else has been cleared away,
> such as my neighbor's place) or in new subdivision built
> on scraped ground, young trees of the same relative age
> brought in for landscaping. Diversity isn't just limited
> to species, but should involve life stages as well.
> 
> Maybe those of you managing woodlots have an understanding
> of this, but in Texas very few do. Large ranches go to great
> lengths to take out what they see as undesirable underbrush
> through controlled burns. I understand they want grass and
> have little need of firewood, but they don't even
> protect their riparian areas. We make sure on our property
> we have trees of all ages.
> 
> --Sage
> 
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 05:15:53 -0800 (PST)
>  bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> From this am Wash Post.  This sounds like a
> significant pestilence in Susan Jane's neck of the woods
> ....bobf
> > 
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> > 
> > Authorities Hope Beetle Invasion Can Be Ground to a
> Halt
> >  Crystal Franciosi, a U.S. Department of Agriculture
> tree climber, records her findings after checking for Asian
> longhorned beetles in Worcester, Mass. (Stephan Savoia - AP)
> 
> > 
> > WORCESTER, Mass. -- A wood-devouring beetle has gained
> a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down
> large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop
> the pest from spreading to the region's celebrated
> forests and ravaging the timber, tourism and maple-syrup
> industries
> > 
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> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110403574.html?hpid=sec-nation
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