Power Towers Energy at Forestry and Farms

07/14/2026

Developers... Ohh the atrocities.

1. Design. Bad. Foreign Australian shoestring acacia.. pretty large tree. Certainly would of damaged the walls, sidewalk, and the power lines if it survived.

2. Planting. Bad. Buried too deep. Collar rot. Some girdled roots. Bad staking too. 3 years later 2/3rds of the trees dead and gone... These are still staked. Lol. Obviously won't hold up the tree anyway.

3. Watered. wrong. Like a hydroponic daily. 10 min daily. Roots have not grown at all. Being buried too deep also stunted the roots.

4. Pruning.. wrong. They didn't fix any problems like codominant trunks or included bark splits. They did trim the bottom a few times... So the top is heavier.

How do you do everything wrong? Is there a checklist and didn't read the "don't do" part? Lol

Next time... Get a certified Arborist... A real one.

06/27/2026

Well, we picked our first cotton and devil's claw of the year. And so much more to come.

Lol. Fun little things but exciting. I wish they didn't like summer so much. 😆 They make us work.

06/23/2026

Curse of the monoculture... "Plant diversity in these spruce monocultures is more than 50% lower than in native forests, and nearly 75% lower than in the region's natural grasslands."

Italy planted millions of spruce trees to protect the Alps; 90 years later, scientists find biodiversity has halved | - The Times of India

In the 1930s, under Mussolini's fascist regime, Italy launched a sweeping reforestation drive across the northern Alps. The goal was to practically prevent soil erosion, secure timber, and project an image of national productivity.

06/18/2026

Well we use DFA to study landscapes and tree structures. Why not use it for paintings too. Lol ❤️

Source: Physics World

The new technique offers a new way to tackle art fraud

05/16/2026

Once dismissed as weeds, native plants are now flying off the shelves | Grist

A healthy reality... Go buy native plants. ❤️ Cities and HOA, take note, they "ugly" easy plants are coming! 😆 It doesn't have to be foreign to be beautiful... FYI

Gardeners across the country are flocking to climate-resilient native plants as concerns about extreme heat, flooding, and pollinators grow.

05/09/2026

Water timers: the basics.

05/07/2026

Hybrid vein networks in tree leaves reveal a new model of biological design

A leaf may appear to be one of the simplest structures in nature, thin, delicate and easily overlooked. At first glance, it seems far removed from the complex systems that scientists usually describe as networks. Yet, as we began to examine leaves more closely, we realized that each one contains a r...

04/28/2026

Transplanting tips.
1. Soak and remove.
2. Root wash, cut girdled roots.
3. Soak, and keep wet for 2 days. Either in a water basin, or keep it moist with constant watering.
4. Start letting it dry out between soaks. So it doesn't rot.

04/21/2026

" layered, complex and dynamic, with foliage filling the canopy and a diversity of plants and animals thriving underneath."

"Trees grown in mixtures" "are up to 80% larger than the same species when grown alone. "

Trees Matter Pteff Sustainable Cities :) ❤️

The tree mix matters. Near Chesapeake Bay, scientists have been experimenting with mini-forests for over a decade. The surprising results show how biodiversity pays off.