Subj : packets
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sun May 31 2020 07:40:00


Hi Nancy!

 BM>> Yes.  Thinking outside the box is sometimes helpful to break through
 BM>> the 'barriers' -- the barriers are only barriers because we think they
 BM>> are barriers.  At other times the barriers are artificial yet real at
 BM>> the same time: I would love to replace the tree that died in the back
 BM>> yard for shade but it's going to take twenty years to grow that big.
 NB>> As for that, there are some shade trees that grow fairly quickly...
 NB>> might not take twenty years to get a decent replacement, just not
 NB>> the same type of tree... :)
 BM> Yes, there are some fast-growing trees.  When the maple tree died one
 BM> of the considerations was replacing with two trees: one a sturdy
 BM> hardwood which would take ages to grow and the other a fast-growing
 BM> softwood to substitute for a while and then be removed.  Problem was
 BM> not enough room for two trees to properly grow. the fast-growing tree
 BM> still isn't fast enough growing.
 NB> I was thinking of some variety of locust tree... They give leafy
 NB> shade and do grow quickly...  But then you'd probably not be
 NB> planting another maple with it...

We hadn't gone as far as specific types of trees but did come to the 
conclusion it wasn't going to work here: mostly insufficient room and 
that was also going to cause a problem with at least one of the trees
'growing funny' ==> shade cast by one would cause the other to grow
'funny',


 BM> Ended up nothing replaced, even though I semi-sneakily allowed some of
 BM> the seedlings to remain when I was weeding.  They got plucked.  (There's
 BM> an area of shrubs, ground cover, some flowers, etc., in the section as
 BM> around the tree the grass didn't grow all that well.)
 NB> I guess you would have had to be more purposeful about leaving
 NB> the seedlings there... and put guards around them to show it...
 NB> ;)

Oh, there was no mistaking they were there.



 BM> ... What kind of fuel do search engines use?
 NB> Virtual fuel...??

I'll have to look into it!


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