What nonsense. Are you really in the Beltway or NY somewhere?
No, only 98% of Coos County was tree covered. Conifers are here because
of the their ability to withstand alternating cold and drought. Why
would nature necessarily have the ability to substitute good grassland
where conifers prefer to grow, when open grassland is simply not as
drought-tolerant as conifer forest? Isn't that a "nature will always
provide" fantasy?
Would those be snowfed acres? Great, but who cares? I won't live inland.
Of course the hay can come from your own land. The more acres you own,
the briefer the interval can be, between winter white and summer brown.
Without modern equipment you'd have nothing. By contrast, we expect to
be able to provide a serving of lamb daily each for two people with
almost no feeding at all, on only 2 cleared acres.
Find me an "appropriate grass" that will stay green for the summer with
no rain. Please also tell us also what to "do" to unirrigated high
ground to stop it from looking like Livermore in summer.
Oregon is looks like a nuclear disaster area in a whole lot of areas, soPity them, that's the land my neighbors have got. Mine's lucky to have
what would one expect.
some water flow too. But conifers don't generate "soil" anyway, so it
doesn't matter much, except that there's no water to improve the soil
through organic means.
If you weren't such a dolt you'd be able to figure out that I've been
citing my own reasons for concurring with Tvo's endorsement of
sylviculture. Why not grow up?
Bill
S. Oregon coast
P. S. -- It's raining!!!!!
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