From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 8/31/2019 8:44 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > Nelly W wrote:   
   >   
   > ...   
   >> Sorry so verbose.   
   >    haha!  no problem with me.  :)  i'd rather read a long description   
   > that gives enough details than not enough.   
   >   
   >    if you are looking to encourage wild life look into   
   > some fruit and nut trees.  oaks for sure.   
   >   
   >    on the bigger scheme of things i would always go for   
   > diversity and encouraging it further.   
   >   
   >    if you want to do a food forest that can be a lot of   
   > fun.  at first you start with the nitrogen fixers and   
   > can plant veggies in between until the trees get bigger   
   > and cast too much shade.  once you have some shade then   
   > you can go for a mixed planting of other trees like   
   > removing or cutting back every other nitrogen fixer   
   > tree and replacing with selected fruit and nut trees.   
   >   
   >    bush cherries if you can find any that will work in   
   > your area.   
   >   
   >    bush blueberries are always good food for human and   
   > others.  depends upon how high up you are if it is   
   > cool enough long enough to make it worth it.   
   >   
   >    cider apples, or just random scattered apple seeds   
   > which some may be interesting or not, but animals will   
   > like the fruits in the late summer and fall, besides   
   > you might like some hard cider.   
   >   
   >    for the super long term keeping some area covered   
   > enough to grow some dense hearted long lived trees for   
   > superb musical and furniture woods.  things you would   
   > not see in your lifetime, but eventually someone would   
   > benefit.   
   >   
   >    do not burn any of the trimmings or stumps, they   
   > make good habitat and fodder for the animals and bugs   
   > and of course fungi.   
   >   
   >    wish i had enough area to do likewise...  :)   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
      When I harvest a tree for firewood I almost always pile up the leafy   
   trimmings for habitat for the small critters . Might be part of the   
   reason we have such a diversity of wild birds . But then we have 12   
   acres of heavily wooded land . Not everyone is that lucky ...   
      
   --   
     Snag   
   Yes , I'm old   
   and crochety - and armed .   
   Get outta my woods !   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)