H&S At QMJ... (1 Viewer)

[JJ]

After the fire many, many trees, including very tall ones, on QMJ died but are still standing. Mostly pines and eucalyptus but some oaks too.

As one or two VIP Funster Guests might visit quite soon, and as I have to get it done some time anyway, I have just negotiated (in Portuguese) with my "tree man" who has not only agreed to do the work, but to cross my palms with some cash too.

The little ones I have to deal with... loads of logs soon.


JJ

 

[Snowbird]

What do you want logs for JJ. Are you putting a woodburner in the classic, soon to become American RV Hymer .

 

[gus-lopez]

Is he digging the stumps out ? If not then you really want them left about 1m above ground so they can be chained & dragged out with a machine or tractor.

After the fire many, many trees,


JJ

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[andy63]

Its a shame to have to take them down...
Are you sure they wont come back to life eventually?
Ive been amazed in the past at hedges and trees that had been supposodly killed by fire or frost come back to life some years later...
Andy...

 

[JJ]

Is he digging the stumps out ? If not then you really want them left about 1m above ground so they can be chained & dragged out with a machine or tractor.

I've asked him to leave them high enough for me to use as seats for me to take rests on as I stroll around my empire...

JJ

 

[JJ]

Its a shame to have to take them down...
Are you sure they wont come back to life eventually?
Ive been amazed in the past at hedges and trees that had been supposodly killed by fire or frost come back to life some years later...
Andy...

Some have (and will survive the cull) but the dead ones go to the toilet paper factory!


JJ

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[Sundowners]

Trees that did not survive in our area need to be cut as soon as possible as they will rapidly start to decompose. You may as well get something for the timber while it still has a value, albeit somewhat reduced value because of the market glut. Our neighbour has decided to use his for firewood for himself as he said the selling price is abysmal.

Wouldn't you know it, the dreaded eucalyptus trees are the only ones sprouting. They are cutting all the pines down our track that got burnt, I suppose the oaks will be next. We are getting a lot of open spaces now in our area, it's a shame but we do have better views of the mountains. I wonder if they will plant new trees other than eucalyptus. The new eucalyptus that were planted after the fires last October are already 2-3 metres high.

We cut down the burnt pines on our land just after the fire, the ones that were not burnt, some blew over in the wind, the rest we cut down because they had processionery caterpillar nests. We are replacing them with Mediterranean cypress as they are supposed to be fire-resistant. Let's hope we don't have any more fires to prove it.

 

[peterc10]

I noticed the proliferation of Eucalyptus trees when we were in Portugal. It seems to me to be daft. Do they not understand the volatility of the gases given off by the oil when it is hot?

 

[JJ]

It seems to me to be daft

Daft it may be but folk need to live. My people tell me that the (fast growing) eucalyptus trees provide money in a shorter time than anything else.

JJ

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[peterc10]

Daft it may be but folk need to live. My people tell me that the (fast growing) eucalyptus trees provide money in a shorter time than anything else.

JJ

But not if it burns down surely?

 

[JJ]

But not if it burns down surely?

Well... we have had one really, really bad wild fire around here in the last 100 years. All the big trees have been cleared away for miles around. The eucalyptus "trees" regrow from the roots of the old ones and will, I guess, be harvested well before they reach too high.

I reckon it is the undergrowth and years of old pine needles that caused most of the problems. Not much of that around here these days.

We'll see.


JJ

 

[rangi]

The big mistake was NOT clearing up the leaf litter and the spindly new growth under the trees, this helps the fire to catch and spread.

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