Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:56:04 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” <johndykersmd@dykers.com> Subject: Post Monday 23rd Thank you, maryphillis, for a beautiful description of your experience of big old trees. They are RELATIVELY safe, even if location known, and with Google Earth, you can bet they are known. MOST, notContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 00:14:40 -0400 From: Gene Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Chatham Online Bulletin Board Topics 1. Chatham Chatlist Anonymous Obsessions (Read 7725 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,30715.0.html 2. Concerns with the Goathouse Refuge’s anti-gun range petition (Read 2712 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,31006.0.html 3. Walgreens (Read 2697 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,31215.0.html 4.Continue Reading
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:17:35 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Pittsboro landowner recognized for outstanding forest management Since we are talking about the long-term crop called trees Read the entire story at http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/news/agriculture/pittsboro-landowner-recognized-for-outstanding-forest-management-140622.shtml Pittsboro, NC – Thomas Glosson, a Pittsboro resident and long time tree farmer, was recently re-certifiedContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 12:55:49 -0400 From: “connectnc.net” Subject: Trees, evil weapons and neighbors I do read the chatlist and I have learned to think about what I type more and more each time . Sometimes I’m not sure how to put what I’m thinking into words but IContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:04:38 -0400 From: carole henry Subject: old growth forests There are no real old growth forests in this area. I realized this when I was in England and stayed at Sherbourne Castle. The trees there made our trees look like saplings. (I use to thinkContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 18:28:50 +0000 From: Al Cooke Subject: Forests, Trees, etc John Dykers, I’m glad you mentioned the possibility that you might “replant with pines to send great grandchildren to school.” The proper management you mention is an investment as well as long term commitment. About 60%Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:41:34 -0400 From: Beth Bale Subject: Shout out to Noel’s new produce stand at Cole Park Plaza My buddy Noel, who operates Noel’s Produce in Pittsboro (at the old car lot) has opened a new produce stand at Cole Park Plaza. I know for aContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 18:02:59 -0400 From: Betty Phillips Subject: Mother Nature’s Beautiful Native Trees There is a rhyme and reason to Mother Nature. It behooves us to pay attention to her and her creations. We cannot easily create her tall majestic trees but we sure can destroy them! Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:19:33 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: Forests, trees, et al Thank goodness our discussion has begun to deal with more difficult specifics. Andrew George and Maryphyllis are quite correct that when I cut my old growth mixed hardwoods and a few pines, I willContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:55:39 -0400 From: “John R Dykers” Subject: CO2 sequestration and tree growth rates/age To sequester carbon, trees have to form carbon compounds, primarily wood. This is done by photosynthesis in the leaves, and there are more leaves on trees with a large canopy like bigContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:33:29 -0400 From: “Andrew George” Subject: Pine-Plantation/Industrial Logging is NOT Forestry (Group A/B) Humans cause 90% of wildfires: NPS citation here: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/wildfire-causes.cfm Cryptic fails to remember his list of fire triggers start in clearcuts or heavily logged forests! E.g. a fire won’t erupt off theContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 18:22:32 +0000 From: Al Cooke Subject: Fig Trees In reply to Tarus Balog’s inquiry about figs, the following message was sent to newsletter subscribers on May 19: “I have been away from the county for about 3 weeks. In my absence I have had numerousContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:02:10 -0400 From: “N.A. Booko” Subject: Coming and goings at Thursday Pittsboro Farmer’s Market I told you the asparagus was coming- it came and is now gone. Ditto strawberries. Bright tender crooked necked yellow squash are a must! Fresh greens of all manner, including whiteContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 02:31:34 +0000 From: Debbie Roos Subject: cranberry fruitworm in blueberry I discovered this pest at a local farm and wanted to share it in case others are seeing it: cranberry fruitworm in blueberry. Many may be perplexed as to what it is since the actualContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 13:59:38 -0400 (EDT) From: “Phyllis Fleming ” Subject: Chatham Beekeepers June Meeting Join Chatham County Beekeepers at our monthly meeting on Thursday evening, June 19 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium (lower floor) of the Agricultural Building in downtown Pittsboro.  The meeting will feature aContinue Reading
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