Incidentally, the Forestry Service will GIVE YOU free young tree seedlins to plant, sometimes depending on the acreage you tell them you own.
Don't wait for arbor day.
Make cuttings from trimmed trees.
Moss-Off tree branches to get a bigger started young tree to plant; simply cut two rings in the tree or plant bark about 2" apart, peel off the bark in between the rings. Dust some plant hormone on the raw area if you have it. Wrap with big clump wet spagnum moss. Wrap the moss with Saran Wrap, use twist ties at each end to seal.
Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
Shortly Y'all will have five nice small started trees to plant; I plant them somewhat under the new healthy root system.
Cherry trees in a park are great resource for cuttings and mossing-off trees.
Never see the Enviro-Nutzies tell this simple stuff on TV or their websites.
Hard to do?
Learned as a 6 year old; my parents ran a landscaping business as well as real estate.
I must have harvested thousands of coconuts to plant and Royal Poinsiana seed to plant on my own.
My mother stuck a "PLANTS & TRRES FOR SALE" sign out front.
Bought a lot of groceries.
South Florida is filled with trees I planted as a kid.
It ain't rocket science.
Embarrass the Enviro-Nutzies.
Plant stuff while they sit up in a tree.
It's all about the money for them.
"Plant stuff while they sit up in a tree"Heheheh. Great idea.
Most of the loggers I know love the woods and love the trees. Some people will be shocked to know that loggers know a tad about growing trees, as well as cutting them down.
Take oaks. Acorns are very hard to sprout. Hubby's crew went to their respective homes one evening bearing handsful of acorns. To sprout in our houses and plant in a year. Yes, about half of them did sprout, and yes, all of us did plant them. Uh...ok, so one is them is in our back yard...we like oaks, but have mostly cherry and spruce on our property. It's about 7 feet tall this year and has slowed down. Another thing about oaks is their slow growth...people want fast results, and so few people tend to plant them.
We will not live to see that tree reach maturity. But our grandkids will.
These guys do things like this all the time. Trees are a renewable resource. The more we plant, the more we have.