Green Business

very cool. woodworking in the wild.

-- Roper - master of sawdust-

The cedar trees are a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome pix …I’ve never seen a King snake or a baby wild turkey before and your tree project is great as well : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Pretty nice of you to give those trees away.

I’ve planted many cedar trees on our lake property, but the deer, & the rabbits eat them all.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

cool posting

you get the green vote !

welcome to lumberjocks

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

The idea of cedar tree nusering is really green. The baby wild turkey is also cute, but the visiting …...oops! really scaring me…Now I have to seriously consider wearing “combat boots” in the workshop. Got to buy “bite proof” ones.

Thanks for sharing.

-- Regards, Woodworm

Anyone who thinks king snakes are harmless hasn’t seen what my wife’s reaction would be if she stumbled onto this beauty. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Hmmmm … future … pair of shoes, Thanksgiving Dinner, and a dinner table! sweet! (sorry, couldn’t resist)

-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN

Hi Socalwood;

all around great post, pictures and the deed of giving away trees is great!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Very cool. I’ll be looking to do this kind of planting myself.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

We have a few friendly critters on our property too. In the past ten years we’ve systematically eliminated broadcast and sprayed pesticides preferring to use traps and introducing beneficial species. We’ve also substantially curtailed broadcast fertilizers preferring manure teas and compost. We now have a great looking space that reflects a harmonious balance of flora and fauna and proving that you can live in the burbs, maintain a great looking landscape and NOT poison the earth. Bravo to your efforts.

We’d all do our part if we would but plant more trees and go GREEN!

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

No thanks to the snake! Not my favorite creatures to say the least. I would get little grass snakes in my shop in NC going after the lizards that would sometimes sneak in the door. I’d almost jump out of skin when I’d see them move. The turkey is very cute and the tree idea is awesome!!

I encourage snakes and bats as they are insect vultures. Nice post.

-- Bruce from Central New York

I hate snakes…then I found out King snakes keep Rattlesnakes away…I love King snakes! Good idea with the trees. Is it something special about Cedar trees, or would willows work just as well?

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

I grew up in a small town in Central Washington, and we had rattlesnakes under our deck, and Coyote’s in the yard occasionally….til’ we adopted a wolf, then they miraculously decided to be elsewhere.

I used to hit the rattlesnakes with the lawn mower as kid. I never had much fear of them, and they’re pretty easy to catch. Bull snakes look JUST like them too…minus the rattle, and they eat rattlers.

Oh yeah, to keep this on topic…uh, we had a HUGE elm tree growing up through the deck.

-- When my wife ask's what I have to show for my wood working hobby, I just show her the splinters.

What a great gift, a tree to plant to each customer.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

I hate snakes… and have never seen one near my shop thank god but had a racoon once started the table saw and scared the hell out of it.