Re: Eucalyptus, again
Mary Manson wrote:
>
> >>> I simply can't understand how so many got planted. We have miles
> >>> As for their value as firewood, they burn up like paper and you
> >>> spend the entire evening throwing more logs on the fire.hen
>
> Some greedy-guts imported and planted them to replace the timber that was
> logged off - and *then* they discovered it is neither good lumber nor even
> firewood.
The funny thing is that here in Australia we have miles and miles of
pinus radiata plantations! P. radiata is from, you guessed it, the US!
We grow it for cheap timber. Its very invasive. Perhaps we could do
a big swap-a-roony. Our pines for your eucs.
Samantha
p.s. some eucalyptus species make very good fire wood.
