I'm going to get off of my Tuccus and get out in it and on the trail to my "Cathedral" aka the Old Oak grove further up the mountain... "worship" at the "Temple of the Tree Trunk" and listen to the choir of creatures . ππ³π²π²π³ππβ―
I'd hazard a guess of 60 + feet. It's difficult to tell, standards next to it. Even harder from a picture. If you can enlarge the picture, there are two branches leaning against the base. They are about 6 ft long...
There's some amazing old growth here. Conifers and oaks tend to dominate here. Lots of scrub.We're right in a transition zone between Chaparral and Alpine vegetation.
We get the whole kit and kaboodle of what's in both zones. Flora, fauna and variable weather conditions.
Yes....Me. I retired from The City of Phoenix Parks Department. That and I hold two Master Gardener certificates. Here however, O let my place grow naturally. Some additional water during the dryer months.
No one takes care of the forest. We are all getting ready to do some clearing and construction of fire breaks ad safe areas around our homes. There is a lot of dead fall we want to clear as well It's up near the trail near us.
We're looking at several days or weeks. It's just a matter of getting folks off their keesters and moving. We'll be clearing brush, non native grass, dead fall clearing safe spaces around homes and road sides. Trying to balance safety and natural habitat
Thanks. I will enjoy myself. π This mountain is " magical"
Here we have a problem with deforestation - In 1588, we needed a lot of oak to build ships to fight the Spanish Armada - so we planted the New Forest... with the Oaks widely spaced so that the boughs would be curved for ship-building.
The number of oak trees required to build one ship back then astounded me when I visited the maritime museum at bucklershard.co.uk/ in the New Forest, UK
S11m and Sailor _Girl.... Don't get me going on deforestation...π€¬π‘π€
This book inspired me during a few years of forestry work when I was planting trees, I still like to take a pocketful of acorns and plant them using my trekking poles.
Book cover: The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
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