permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 08:48 AM 11/12/02 +0100, you wrote:
> > the needs of your site.  These poplar won't last all that long, I would
> > start looking into replacements and get them planted sooner rather than
> later.
>
> very true. and towards the end of their lifespan they show a weakness: they
> tend to shed whole huge limbs that are like small trees in themselves. even
> hardhats wouldnt help a whole lot...
>
> georg

Lots of these soft wooded trees get to be real hazards when they die, I 
hate taking them down when they get rotted;  be very mindful of weak limbs 
high on the tree that can snap off as the tree starts to fall.
M

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Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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