[NatureNS] Leave those old snags up!

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&gt;&gt;&gt; On Wed, Dec 4
Fred Schueler writes:

> * maybe you're not seeing enhanced growth because you're just keeping 
> up with the nutrients removed in the firewood.
>
> Here's an account of Pieter Trip's fertilization of his woods - 
> http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.ca/2012/02/beneath-hemlocks-oil-on-canvas-5-x-7-in.html 
> - he gets the full benefit from the applied fertilizer because he 
> doesn't remove firewood, and doesn't seem to understand why some of us 
> need/choose to.
>
> He has written a book about his work with his forest - 
> http://www.lulu.com/ca/en/shop/pieter-trip/growing-great-trees-a-practical-guide-to-growing-big-healthy-trees/paperback/product-5724181.html

Jim Drescher, of Windhorse Farm, asserts that a healthy forest has more 
dead wood in it than live wood.

Cheers,
Doug Linzey
(of the "buy firewood from someone else" persuasion -- and coaxing 25 
acres of Acadian Forest back to some semblance of health)

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