Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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I just noticed your Sig line.
I was in Silviculture for 6 years late 80’s to early 90’s.
U..S.F.S. & B.L.M.
Planted pines and firs with shovel, hoedad and auger. Administered planting contracts and inspected for payment thousands of acres in Oregon. Kept a map book with all the plantation units . Always wanted to go back to visit my baby trees when they were grown up. That map book got water damaged , all the pages stuck together and was ruined beyond referencing.
I will never get to sit under those trees before I die I dont think.
Your Sig line both bums me out, and gives me hope.
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Oops.
I meant that to be a private reply , hit wrong tab.
Sorry guys to inject myself into such a heavy thread subject.
I’ve been in Horticulture, Silviculture & Agriculture for the past 35yrs, retiring in 2012, after building, growing, owning and operating my own large 20ac Nursery/Garden Center/Landscape Contracting Operation in PA/MD. It was world-renowned for the hybridizing I did with Perennials, Orchids, Conifers and Japanese Maple varieties.
During my time, I found a Ulmus americana (American Elm) at a customer’s home, resistant to the Elm Beetle, propagated it and re-introduced 500+ seedlings to the PA/MD region, and they’re 45-50ft tall now. All made it, and are spread out so far geographically, it would take months to visit them all. I can stand under the ones I planted at my late Parent’s estate, and enjoy that tagline. Heh.
I’d bet there’s some of yours you could sit under in a lawn chair.
Chin up; make a trip someday and see how they’re doing. It’s quite an experience to “see what you’ve done” to help things out.