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 ===== 2000 Trees =====
+In April 2019 I guessed that my carbon footprint until 2030 could be sequestrated by immediately planting 2000 trees.  I had no idea how to do it, but that has never stopped me in the past.  If you are tempted, just go for it (https://treegrowing.tcv.org.uk/grow).
+==== April 2020 ====
+Here is what it looks like now:
+Which amounts to:
+* Sycamore
+* Willow
+* Horse chestnut
+* Holm oak
+* Monkey Puzzle
+* Oak
+* Hazel
+I lost a lot more trees that I was expecting over the year.  The sycamore seeds rotted and many of the plants dried out and failed - that's okay, I got enough grief for planting sycamore anyway.  I kept much of the willow in buckets in water for too long, so they seemed to be fine but didn't regrow this year.
+I hadn't appreciated how many 2000 trees was.  I've now got a better idea, there are about 2000 working hours in a year, so if I could plant a tree and look after it in just 6 minutes a year then it would be a hobby, about an hour a day.  This seems impossibly low for me, if it was an hour a year then it's a full time job for the next 10 years.  Luckily I don't mind cheating to achieve my objectives, hopefully the wonderful [[https://treesforlife.org.uk/|Trees for Life]] have planted many thousands for me, and this year I plan to donate to [[https://trees.org/|Trees for the Future]].
+==== April 2019 ====
 A great question was asked in April 2019: "If I want to plant enough trees to make a difference to my carbon footprint, how many should I plant"?  My answer ([[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=330903344449586&id=609787282&substory_index=8|here]]) was:
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 From Freecycle/Trash Nothing I was given about 200 2 litre mineral water containers which will do well for the willow.   At Strawberry fair I collected about 300 used plastic pint cups, when stacked in 20's a power drill was efficient in providing drainage.
-I've got three buckets and a dusbin crammed full of willow cuttings, it seems that the larger ones in the buckets will root fine, the smaller ones haven't done so yet.  That's got to be very many hundred more saplings to come, maybe a thousand.
+I've got three buckets and a dustbin crammed full of willow cuttings, it seems that the larger ones in the buckets will root fine, the smaller ones haven't done so yet.  That's got to be very many hundred more saplings to come, maybe a thousand.
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+On germination https://treegrowing.tcv.org.uk/grow
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-Some thoughts on land:
+Some 2020 thoughts on land:
   * [[https://futureforestsnetwork.wixsite.com/mysite|A map of tree planting projects]]
-  * There is about 15 miles of "motorway" being built near Cambridge, I've asked them if I can plant but haven't yet had a reply.
+  * There is about 15 miles of "motorway" being built near Cambridge, I've asked them if I can plant but I never got a reply.
   * I think we will see a change in hill farming soon which will result in more planting land:
     * [[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/may/22/britain-uplands-farming-subsidies|Why Britain's barren uplands have farming subsidies to blame]]

Dr Tony Robinson

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