3C). Trees do not grow perfectly round and excessive debarking would be required to address the natural variations in the shape of the tree stem, which could damage the underlying wood and reduce the yield. Debarking is only intended to remove most of the bark; any remaining bark is ...
Weeds are the most obvious cases among plants, but if you’re looking at trees then something like a birch would be the closest comparison. Oaks are a little different. Their seedlings require open areas with lots of light to grow, which means that they don’t survive well below a dark ...
I walked among the trees today. I touched their skin. I picked a Pine needle and broke it and breathed it’s perfume. A stand of Birch commanded the steep and rocky river bank. I grasped the strong sapling as I carefully navigated my descent to the river. I sat on a shelf of rock ...
(Try growing crops, or even trees bigger than scrub juniper, on the marginal land that supports the vast majority of cattle and sheep. I’ll wait.) Oh yes, and what do you plan to replace wool and leather with? cotton? oh, but that’s a thirsty crop, can’t have that. Linen?
Sustainability 2018, 10, 1514 9 of 19 A common claim by GM opponents is that farmer gains are eroded because they are contractually forbidden from sowing seeds from the plants they grow. This is not always true, as national patent laws do not usually hold overseas and local enforcement level...