Trees and trees and did I mention trees

[North Idaho Wolfman]

This is just part 1 of the tree insanity, as if the 4000 + trees that we already have isn't enough.
Wife and I dug up 95 Larch / Tamarack trees and replanted them in a nursery till their forever home is ready.
They were growing along a stretch of RR siding that they installed 2 years ago.
The RR will either spray or doze them under and kill them so it was a rescue mission of sorts.
Part 2 will happen later this week when 150 Blue spruce trees show up and also 25 Red maples.
They will also get put in the nursery till they get big enough to safely go out on their own.

For you easterners
Your Larch / Tamarack are 40 to 70 foot tall and softwood
Our Larch / Tamarack are 100 to 200+ foot and hardwood
We have several dozen on our place that are 200+ foot tall and 36" across.

 

[Yooper]

Do they change color in the fall like the ones here in the Midwest?

 

[McMXi]

Wife and I dug up 95 Larch / Tamarack trees and replanted them in a nursery till their forever home is ready.

Where are the photos of a Kubota with a PHD and auger to go along with all those trees?

Great work on saving so many of them. Who doesn't love larch/tamarack? They're so popular up here that there's even a mircrobrewery/restaurant named after them.

 

[Kennyd4110]

Where are the photos of a Kubota with a PHD and auger to go along with all those trees?

Is there any evidence that NIW actually still owns a tractor?

 

[Sawdust&Shavings]

Is there any evidence that NIW actually still owns a tractor?

I heard it through the grapevine he sold all of his tractors and purchased a BX23S.

 

[RCW]

All larches/tamaracks are deciduous conifers. Eastern US plantations from Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from the Depression through post-WWII era were often Japanese species, but very similar to the Eastern Larch (if I remember correctly).

All of them are popular timber species for a variety of purposes. Western is much taller/larger than the Eastern and Japanese species (~100 vs 200 feet).

To my knowledge/recollection, all species are very shade intolerant; meaning they need full sun. I think they also need pretty well-drained soil. Don’t do well in shallow wet conditions.

Larch is sought after for hop poles for production of hops for the brewery industry in our area. (Chenango County where we live was one of the largest producers of hops in the late-19th/early 20th century).

Dendrology and Forestry lesson for the day…..🪾

 

[McMXi]

I heard it through the grapevine he sold all of his tractors and purchased a BX23S.

Is that you @hagrid? Is this your latest nom de plume?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Do they change color in the fall like the ones here in the Midwest?

Yes they go yellow then drop needles.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

The B ran a 3 tine cutivator to rip it up good, the L had the trees in buckets in its bucket.
The Bobcat with a Kubota helped move several downed trees so they all got a workout.
I guess the Kubota's must just be camera shy????

 

[Hugo Habicht]

I guess the Kubota's must just be camera shy????

Hmmm, very strange, 3 pictures posted and on none of them is even the tinyest corner of a Kubota visible. That makes me thinking that the tractors may have mutated to red, or worse, green colour?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Hmmm, very strange, 3 pictures posted and on none of them is even the tinyest corner of a Kubota visible. That makes me thinking that the tractors may have mutated to red, or worse, green colour?

OH NO not green!!!
Anything but green!

 

[Mrlunchbox]

Green is my favorite color! But I LOVE my Kubota orange

 

[Hugo Habicht]

OH NO not green!!!
Anything but green!

I'm sorry ...
But I could not resist ...

Any chance of one or two pictures of your tractors?

 

[Shawn T. W]

OH NO not green!!!
Anything but green!

Hopefully the trees are still green!

But tractor's ... I'm kinda colorblind ... If it's dependable and gets the job done, it's fine by me!