Had a few hours to spare today and was cruising
Deerwood, pruning the black knot fungus from cherry trees. It was a windy day and I was thinking of the ways this fungus spreads in springtime.
- rainwater,
- wind, and...
- idiots who tramp through a woodlot carrying bundles of the fungus!!!
So, I dropped what I had in a pile on a future trail, marked it with orange flagging and walked away. Hopefully I've done more good than harm. To top it off, I started looking up into the forest canopy instead of along the forest floor, and noticed that every mature black cherry tree was doomed. I was surrounded by death.
I've decided to start clearing what dead wood and saplings I can on the planned trails for access in the autumn start of cutting and burning.
The trails...the trails....
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