What's the point to all that work if it's so hard to plant trees, I mean there's already trees everywhere?!!
Do you really think you're making a difference?
In reality, the wealthy elite land owners will just wind up clear-cutting all your effort pursuing endless greed for profit like they always do, then tax us in their carbon credit trading schemes, making even more money off your effort, once the elite fully destroy Earth's ecosystem.
@xlr8up The trees have already been cut down on crown land by a logging company. The logging company removed spruce trees. The forest will regrow without our efforts (Poplar Trees grow like weeds) but the spruce will not, so the logging campany pays us to plant seedlings to replace what they took. It was a job, so it was not my effort or cause or anything. Luckily there are regulation set forth by our gov't or else Im sure there would be no spruce planted back in the Canadian forest.
What company do you work for dsferg. I have heard things about low quality specs in Alberta, but your technique is very nice and your hitting lots of good spots. How much were you getting paid per tree, what was the land like? Just curious.
I plant for Wildwoods in Alberta. The specs are relaxed, but not as much as you think. We get a meager 10 cents a tree, but we can put in alot of em, so it works out pretty nicely.
Okay, 14 trees in 39 seconds is less than three seconds per tree. Either you make lots of money doing this, or the contractor who engages your services is making a huge profit off your work. Congrats, at age 54 I could never compete against you, and even 30 years ago when I did plant I still couldn't possibly compete against you.
You must be a champion tree planter. I mean, 1, 2, 3 the hoedad penetrates the earth, the seedling is inserted in the ground and apparently the foot gently positions the soil around the seedling to secure it. Try planting in the Rockies in tons of rock - I can plant one tree there in about the rate you plant 25 of yours in soft earth. Or did you speed the video up? That definitely can show different results.
Thanks for doing this, but it always strikes me as bizarre that people plant seedlings so they'll become trees. I'm a landscaper, and one of the most annoying jobs I have to do is kill tree seedlings like these because they pop up just anywhere. The wind carries a lot of seeds, along with other things, to the point where new trees become overwhelming. I think nature can do this all alone. Still, nice work anyway.
Its true nature can do this, but the logging company takes spruce out of the forest, and we have to put spruce back. If we were to leave it, only the poplar would grow back because poplar grows so much easier and 10 times faster.
That's what they're doing, landscaping the forest. I'm sure it's a place where your services won't be needed anyway. Tree planting was huge after the Dust Bowl ended so that we could restore our forest lands.
Whats the dust bowl? My services wouldn't be needed but the logging company has taken out spruce so spruce has to be put back. If it was to regenerate naturally it would only be a Poplar tree forest. This was me 4 years ago on one of my best days, there was a lot of competition at my company back then and fast planting was the norm. Things have mellowed for us with a little age and a different attitude at our company, but the occasional big day is still to be had once in a while.
Wow, back-breaking work!!
What's the point to all that work if it's so hard to plant trees, I mean there's already trees everywhere?!!
Do you really think you're making a difference?
In reality, the wealthy elite land owners will just wind up clear-cutting all your effort pursuing endless greed for profit like they always do, then tax us in their carbon credit trading schemes, making even more money off your effort, once the elite fully destroy Earth's ecosystem.
Seems like a drop in the bucket.
xlr8up 7 months ago
@xlr8up The trees have already been cut down on crown land by a logging company. The logging company removed spruce trees. The forest will regrow without our efforts (Poplar Trees grow like weeds) but the spruce will not, so the logging campany pays us to plant seedlings to replace what they took. It was a job, so it was not my effort or cause or anything. Luckily there are regulation set forth by our gov't or else Im sure there would be no spruce planted back in the Canadian forest.
tsferg 7 months ago
why?
Fredmelott 10 months ago
@Fredmelott Why what?
tsferg 10 months ago
DAMN THAT' S FAST. maybe the fastest i've seen yet.
scuzzulus 1 year ago
@scuzzulus
I had about 10 guys kicking my ass every day (Maybe not this particular day). I was just trying (and failing) to keep up!
tsferg 1 year ago
CHILD ABUSE, WARNING!!!! SHOWS PHOTOS OF THIRD DEGREE BURNS.avi
CPSSucks 2 years ago
You remind me of garden gnomes for some reason :S
Teager999 2 years ago
the line you choose up around the slash is quite nice by the way :)
rockumsockum 2 years ago
What company do you work for dsferg. I have heard things about low quality specs in Alberta, but your technique is very nice and your hitting lots of good spots. How much were you getting paid per tree, what was the land like? Just curious.
rockumsockum 2 years ago
I plant for Wildwoods in Alberta. The specs are relaxed, but not as much as you think. We get a meager 10 cents a tree, but we can put in alot of em, so it works out pretty nicely.
tsferg 2 years ago
@tsferg i see a leaner ;0 :)
rockumsockum 1 year ago
nice job bragging about how you did a good deed, just be modest
PeaceAndChristianity 2 years ago
I do it for money, not for good deeds. Wierdo.
tsferg 2 years ago
Okay, 14 trees in 39 seconds is less than three seconds per tree. Either you make lots of money doing this, or the contractor who engages your services is making a huge profit off your work. Congrats, at age 54 I could never compete against you, and even 30 years ago when I did plant I still couldn't possibly compete against you.
1000You2b0001 2 years ago
You must be a champion tree planter. I mean, 1, 2, 3 the hoedad penetrates the earth, the seedling is inserted in the ground and apparently the foot gently positions the soil around the seedling to secure it. Try planting in the Rockies in tons of rock - I can plant one tree there in about the rate you plant 25 of yours in soft earth. Or did you speed the video up? That definitely can show different results.
1000You2b0001 2 years ago
nice! gotta pound when the cameras on, where was that, i planted in northern alberta last season
rudds23 3 years ago
It was way up in High Level, AB. Terrible place, atrocious bugs but fast land.
tsferg 3 years ago
why is he planting more trees?
thats not very progressive.. they took the time and money to tear them down and hes planting more...
Andrekelma 3 years ago 2
It's called reforestration - you put back into earth to replace what you've taken.
1000You2b0001 2 years ago
Thanks for doing this, but it always strikes me as bizarre that people plant seedlings so they'll become trees. I'm a landscaper, and one of the most annoying jobs I have to do is kill tree seedlings like these because they pop up just anywhere. The wind carries a lot of seeds, along with other things, to the point where new trees become overwhelming. I think nature can do this all alone. Still, nice work anyway.
aajoeyjo 3 years ago
Its true nature can do this, but the logging company takes spruce out of the forest, and we have to put spruce back. If we were to leave it, only the poplar would grow back because poplar grows so much easier and 10 times faster.
tsferg 3 years ago
Ah and poplar is bad? I should know that...lol That's good reasoning. I don't like logging. But we gotta have toilet paper! lol
aajoeyjo 3 years ago
That's what they're doing, landscaping the forest. I'm sure it's a place where your services won't be needed anyway. Tree planting was huge after the Dust Bowl ended so that we could restore our forest lands.
1000You2b0001 2 years ago
Whats the dust bowl? My services wouldn't be needed but the logging company has taken out spruce so spruce has to be put back. If it was to regenerate naturally it would only be a Poplar tree forest. This was me 4 years ago on one of my best days, there was a lot of competition at my company back then and fast planting was the norm. Things have mellowed for us with a little age and a different attitude at our company, but the occasional big day is still to be had once in a while.
tsferg 2 years ago
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was a huge drought that scorched the South and the Plains of the USA. It was a big part of the Great Depression.
1000You2b0001 2 years ago
@1000You2b0001 Your so dumb man... just leave him alone tsferg.. He doesn't know what he speaks of. Btw Wtf is a Dust Bowl?
greeneightball 1 year ago
man, you are going to look back on this one day and wish that your back still worked like that. OUCH! (and I'm only 40!)
strawman9 5 years ago
There are 40 year olds who actually still do this job....
tsferg 4 years ago
If you replace your office chair with a swiss ball, you'll find that you improve core muscles on a daily basis, and that improves my tree planting
woodensaw 3 years ago
you've got a B2 there.
awoodill 5 years ago
whats a B2?
tsferg 5 years ago
what are you planting there like 10's?
obeystrat 5 years ago
more like 12's, 10's are for suckers
tsferg 5 years ago