Uhhhh, the same way

Asked, as usual what he learned today.

Answer: "Don't steal from the Earth"

Intrigued I asked him for an example of stealing from the Earth. He said cutting down trees was stealing from the Earth. I then asked him would it be stealing if you replanted the trees. He looked puzzled at that point. I said what if you cut all the trees down in an area and then replanted baby trees to replace them. Would that be stealing. He said yes. I said it's "borrowing", and that is what paper companies and timber companies do.

I then went on to explain to him about the term "renewable resource" which he may never learn it appears. I then showed him a aerial map of our land and showed how tracts had been selectively harvested. I explained that we cut trees every 10-15 years on the land in certain areas and replant, and rotate the harvest to another area 10-15 years later as it matures. This way we harvest trees, but they all regrow. We are therefore BORROWING from the Earth. I also explained that this is how he will end up going to college if he's smart enough to regurgitate all the BS he is being taught.

He was also shocked to learn there are more trees now in the United States than there were 100 years ago BECAUSE trees are a renewable resource and are being replanted responsibly, where MANY years ago, when his GRANDFATHER WAS BORN during the depression, people started to understand the principle of replanting timber.

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Feb 26, 2015, 5:29 PM

Hardwood brings a higher price (more money) but grows much MUCH slower and is not easily "farmed". My knowledge is mainly as a landowner. I'm not a forester, but we have one for our tract. About 1/3 of our land is natural/old growth hardwood, and about 2/3 is planted pines. My 3g grandfather, 2g grandfather, grandfather, and father have left the hardwood tract alone as it makes a very nice deer habitat. The pines are planted, thinned about every 12 years, and will probably be clear-cut when I retire, as my father did. That paid for Clemson for me. I think when I ever get around to clear-cutting, I will push the stumps into rows and burn them before replanting. This is more expensive, and my dad did not do that when he replanted. If you get rid of the stumps, the replanted trees will grow faster, and better overall.

We have some old live oaks that were planted on our land by Colonel Joseph Glover, prior to the Revolutionary War. Also on the land is the cemetery for Col. Isaac Hayne, who also owned part of the tract. Back then they had a lot of the land cultivated for rice. The old channels and dikes for the rice fields are still discernible in the woods. I am pretty sure the rice fields were abandoned sometime before or around 1800. The oldest live oak on our land is over 400 years old, and still sits beside the area where Colonel Glover's house used to sit. Go digging around and you can find all kinds of stuff in the dirt. As a kid I found an old belt buckle...the big square kind like the pilgrims wore. The British burned his home shortly after they hung Isaac Hayne in Charleston, but the tree remained.

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So my 6 year old comes home from school today

True about 100 years ago, but not even fathomly close to 400***

ya, lets go back to the stone ages ;-)***

You probably just need to go back to the point

It's not only the amount of trees that matter, the entire

I say we all live in mud huts***

Cam dreams of that day***

at least we wont have to worry about cable bills

Nope all you need is a bible and candle***

I say we close golf courses and plant trees

Or dry up Hartwell and plant trees

Hey, we've got water these days

And the fact communities are built around them

My grandfather told me a story about golf one time

Ummmm.....define fathomly

fathomly =Algore***

I like redistribution better ;-)***

You do lose "old growth" ecosystems

There was just clearly a lot left out.

I agree with this somewhat

Considering the hundreds of millions of more people we

I think we're on the same page

The big money is.....

Yes, hardwoods grow much slower

My son came home thinking cutting trees was "stealing from

Maybe the teacher was teaching about the Amazon?

If we didn't cut down trees to make paper, how would Barry

And just a btw the way...

If we could just plant industrial hemp in this so called

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