Tells a great story that every town and city can copy. Lets unite and work together to find a useful purpose for all the trees that come out annually from our urban forests. People need wood, so lets spread out the forests that supply us to both the rural and urban forests.
You should have seen the hardwood produced by Chicagolands urban ash trees. After spending their first 135 years getting ready to live out their next 150. Until man's untimely introduction of emerald ash borer. Thank God they were so cheap and easily to temporarily protect, until danger from fatal infestation level populations inevitably pass locally. Once borers no longer have enough trees to rebuild populations with like they had during beginning of event. So while I was lucky to convince several municipalities to Mill century plus old Roman column size trunks down into tasty lumber. I am more proud of the specimens I protected. Such as surviving trees that breathed in carbon of great Chicago fire of 1871.
Makes perfect sense, Damon is right on target! Sustainability should be at the heart of everything we do. I'm a furniture maker and honey bee farmer in Charlotte, NC. I make my beehives & furniture from trees that grew right here in Charlotte and would have become mulch if I did not step in & take them to a sawmill. @HoneyOnWales
Tells a great story that every town and city can copy. Lets unite and work together to find a useful purpose for all the trees that come out annually from our urban forests. People need wood, so lets spread out the forests that supply us to both the rural and urban forests.
Powerful story!! What a wonderful circular economy idea. Amazing work!!! Loved learning about this story.
I am looking into getting into Urban forestry and this TED talk is very informative in communicating how wasteful humans are even with trees!!
Hi, did you ever get into urban forestry?
You should have seen the hardwood produced by Chicagolands urban ash trees. After spending their first 135 years getting ready to live out their next 150. Until man's untimely introduction of emerald ash borer.
Thank God they were so cheap and easily to temporarily protect, until danger from fatal infestation level populations inevitably pass locally.
Once borers no longer have enough trees to rebuild populations with like they had during beginning of event.
So while I was lucky to convince several municipalities to Mill century plus old Roman column size trunks down into tasty lumber.
I am more proud of the specimens I protected. Such as surviving trees that breathed in carbon of great Chicago fire of 1871.
Makes perfect sense, Damon is right on target! Sustainability should be at the heart of everything we do. I'm a furniture maker and honey bee farmer in Charlotte, NC. I make my beehives & furniture from trees that grew right here in Charlotte and would have become mulch if I did not step in & take them to a sawmill. @HoneyOnWales
Great job Damon!
Right speci of tree at right place...and purposely grown for wood work.....sounds great....👍