Re: eucalypts
- To: g*@ebold.com, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: eucalypts
- From: J* S*
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 16:09:03 -0800 (PST)
Quit beating around the bush Bill and tell us what you
REALLY think!
Joe Seals
--- grant <grant@ebold.com> wrote:
> Surrounded by hundreds of the worst kind of
> eucalypts (Many Aussie visitors ask why we got the
> absolute weeds of that family and ignored the
> beautiful ones. The answer would require too long a
> reply here)I spent six months clearing part of my
> property so I could build my house. Mistake. I
> should have taken a year and cleared every bloody
> one of them. The only use I can see for them is
> firewood if it is cut immediately and dried for at
> least a year.I have a permanent supply.
> They poison the ground for many plants. They have
> pushed out many of the natives in my valley.
> They are a horrid fire danger. The constant mess
> they make with their leaves and branches. It is
> impossible to compost the leaves. In places they are
> filled with black widows. Some of mine now have the
> lerp. If I ever win the lottery, every single one of
> them will be removed.
> N.B. I've been to Oz six times and seen many
> beautiful ones. We ain't got none of them.
> Bill Grant, central coast California
>
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