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| - | 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). | + | In April 2019 I estimated that my carbon footprint until 2030 could be [[wp>Carbon_sequestration|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|TCV]]). |
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| + | April 2022 | ||
| + | 360 sycamore | ||
| + | 174 beech | ||
| + | 95 oak | ||
| + | 48 Holm oak | ||
| + | 29 bay | ||
| + | 6 misc conifer | ||
| + | 111 Rowan plus circa 200 just germinated | ||
| + | 40 elder | ||
| + | 16ombsry poplar | ||
| + | 44 long leaf willow | ||
| + | 11 goat willow | ||
| + | 10 red horse chestnut | ||
| + | 36 horse chestnut | ||
| + | 12 English walnut | ||
| + | 4 hazel | ||
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| + | Just germinated | ||
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| + | 60 sugar pine just germinated | ||
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| + | 30 pride if India just germ | ||
| + | 100 hawthorn | ||
| + | 76 lombardy poplar | ||
| + | 7 dogwood | ||
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| + | 4 honey locust | ||
| ==== April 2020 ==== | ==== April 2020 ==== | ||
| - | Here is what it looks like now: | + | Here is what it looks like at the end of April 2020: |
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| + | {{ :pano_20200425_122645.vr.jpg?1200 |panoramic view of 8m by 4m plot, the bottom path is straight}} | ||
| Which amounts to: | Which amounts to: | ||
| - | * Sycamore | + | * 285 willow (everywhere except bottom right): These are planted out about 30cm apart. The plan is to coppice them for more plants. All have roots or signs of rooting, only about half have shoots as well right now. |
| - | * Willow | + | * 137 sycamore (top left) |
| - | * Horse chestnut | + | * 126 holm oak (top middle) |
| - | * Holm oak | + | * 87 horse chestnut (top right) |
| - | * Monkey Puzzle | + | * 31 monkey puzzle (top right) |
| - | * Oak | + | * 30 hazel (not shown) germinated but still very young |
| - | * Hazel | + | * 14 oak (middle right) |
| + | * 8 pine (not shown) | ||
| + | * masses of lombardy poplar in the black bucket, hoping they will root | ||
| - | 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 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. None of my huge trayfulls of alder or silver birch germinated and the birds ate most of my early hazel (I've ordered more alder from [[https://www.treebombs.co.uk/|Treebombs]]). I generminated my walnut inside over winter and that was too early, they've dropped leaves and I've counted them out. |
| - | 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]]. | + | Optimistically I have about 700 trees, I certainly hadn't really appreciated how hard plainting 2000 trees actually is. I've now got a much better idea: there are about 2000 working hours in a year, so if I could plant a tree and look after it in just six minutes a year then it would be a hobby, under an hour a day every day. Six minutes a tree seems impossibly low for me and if it was an hour a year then it's a full time job for the next 10 years, never mind the issue of planting land. 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 many thousands more to [[https://trees.org/|Trees for the Future]]. |
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| Here is what the saplings looked like at the start of June 2019: | Here is what the saplings looked like at the start of June 2019: | ||
| - | {{:img_20190603_112450.jpg?320}} {{:img_20190531_204943.jpg?200}} {{:img_20190531_204958.jpg?320|}} | + | {{:img_20190603_112450.jpg?320|Willow (left) in 2 litre bottles, horse chestnut (right)}} {{:img_20190531_204943.jpg?200|Sycamore in greenhouse}} {{:img_20190531_204958.jpg?320|Sycamore in greenhouse}} |
| - | 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. | + | From Freecycle/Trash Nothing I was given about 200 two 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 20s a power drill was efficient in providing drainage. |
| 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. | 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 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 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]] | ||
| - | * EU subsidies that are only guaranteed until 2020 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/westminster/1756773/brexit-could-bust-more-than-21000-farms-across-scotland/ | ||
| - | * [[https://www.antoinettesandbach.org.uk/sites/www.antoinettesandbach.org.uk/files/report_into_the_resilience_of_welsh_farming.doc|The resiliance of Welsh farming]] | ||
| - | * [[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/as-sheep-leave-the-hills-what-s-to-become-of-ireland-s-uplands-1.3055182|As sheep leave the hills, what’s to become of Ireland’s uplands?]] | ||
| - | * The current climate crisis should put pressure on ending subsidies for methane producing beef and lamb and favour tree planting. | ||
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| - | Here are some people that will plant trees: | ||
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| - | ^ organisation ^ per tree ^ | ||
| - | | [[https://earthdaynetwork.salsalabs.org/thecanopyproject|Earth Day Network (not UK)]] | $1 | | ||
| - | | [[https://livingwoodsnortheast.org.uk/become-a-supporter|Living Woods North East]] | £5 | | ||
| - | | [[https://www.heartofenglandforest.com/get-involved/dedicate-a-tree|Heart of England Forest]] | £12 | | ||
| - | | [[https://www.carbonfootprint.com/uktrees.aspx|Carbon Footprint]] | £12.90 | | ||
| - | | [[https://www.nationalforest.org/shop/dedicate-tree|National Forest]] | £15 | | ||
| - | | [[https://treesforlife.org.uk/plant-trees|Trees for Life]] | £17.99 or £6 in bulk | | ||
| - | | [[https://woodlandtrust.im/celebration-trees|Woodland Trust - Isle of Man]] | £30 | | ||
| - | | [[https://www.rspb.org.uk/join-and-donate/donate/plant-a-memorial-tree/make-a-donation|RSPB]] | £495 | | ||
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| - | Fix https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/19/planting-billions-trees-save-planet | ||
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| - | https://8billiontrees.com/ $2 | ||
| - | Trreeisters $0.33 | ||