If I had a lot of money I would do this to prove a point!

Biodegradable · 17-01-2020 09:33PM #1

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

Cody montana · 17-01-2020 09:35PM

I don’t understand,

pablo128 · 17-01-2020 09:35PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

Why waste good farmland when you could buy rough hilly land where the roots of the trees would bind the earth and prevent landslides?

Upforthematch · 17-01-2020 09:36PM

They wouldn't see the wood from the trees

tuxy · 17-01-2020 09:36PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

Would your reintroduce the wolf as the dominate species on your land?
That would really get a rise out of the locals!

Beeping Kitchen Appliances · 17-01-2020 09:37PM

'Rewilding' it's called. Done in various countries. Someone beat you to it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-01-2020 09:38PM

You don't need to be a millionaire. Start small and build on it. I planted a 1.2 acre woodland thirty years ago. Yours is neither a new nor unique idea.

Biodegradable · 17-01-2020 09:39PM

Beeping Kitchen Appliances wrote: »

'Rewilding' it's called. Done in various countries. Someone beat you to it.

I'd say it isn't done often in Ireland.

Biodegradable · 17-01-2020 09:40PM

Graham Howling Sequence wrote: »

You don't need to be a millionaire. Start small and build on it. I planted a 1.2 acre woodland thirty years ago. Yours is neither a new nor unique idea.

What kind of trees?!

Signore Fancy Pants · 17-01-2020 09:40PM

Cody montana wrote: »

I don’t understand,

The OP wants to prove a point.

Except he hasnt told us what point he wants to make, just gibberish.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 17-01-2020 09:42PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

What kind of trees?!

A mix of natives: Mostly broadleaf but some conifers. Lots of people have small woods planted. And Fifty acres isn't huge by any means.

Ten of Swords · 17-01-2020 09:45PM

What kind of road frontage are we talking about op?

Biodegradable · 17-01-2020 09:47PM

Graham Howling Sequence wrote: »

A mix of natives: Mostly broadleaf but some conifers. Lots of people have small woods planted. And Fifty acres isn't huge by any means.

If you're buying root balled elm trees then it is.

50 acres of ash isn't the prettiest.

dxhound2005 · 17-01-2020 09:53PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

That would probably be a popular guess. As would thinking that there were far more trees in the country in the past. Neither are true. In 1928 the area covered by tress was 1.2%, by 2017 it had gone up to 11%. And 30% of those trees are broadleaf.

https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2019/0917/1076425-ireland-forestry-22-million-trees-a-year/

We also are up to 30% of our electricity being produced by wind, so a gradual improvement of the environment is taking place.

lucalux · 17-01-2020 09:54PM

What point would you like to prove?

Guy:Incognito · 17-01-2020 09:56PM

Biodegradable wrote: »

What kind of trees?!

Wooden ones

17-01-2020 09:57PM

I would reintroduce wolves to Ireland to prove that they would be a great benefit to the land but ultimately we're too small to home them.

fatherted1969 · 17-01-2020 09:57PM

Theres a wood that needs a bear

Plumbthedepths · 17-01-2020 09:57PM

lucalux wrote: »

What point would you like to prove?

He likes wood.

ITman88 · 17-01-2020 10:00PM

As the proverb goes “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in“

Mac Taylor · 17-01-2020 10:14PM

lucalux wrote: »

What point would you like to prove?

A fool and his money are easily parted:D (only joking)

Church on Tuesday · 18-01-2020 12:58AM

Biodegradable wrote: »

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

So basically you would do this just to impress the locals?

Euro millions would be wasted on you.

Ficheall · 18-01-2020 01:39AM

Biodegradable wrote: »

50 acres of ash isn't the prettiest.

Especially given that they're all ****ed within the next 10(?) years or so.

Dakota Dan · 18-01-2020 01:44AM

Biodegradable wrote: »

I'd say it isn't done often in Ireland.

Yep there is no wild land in Ireland, every inch of it is farmland.

Millionaire only not · 18-01-2020 01:49AM

Biodegradable wrote: »

This is what I would do if I were a multi millionaire. I would buy about 50 acres of farmland and plant trees on it. I'd return it completely to nature I think I'd have them all deciduous seeing as the only planting these days are of coniferous trees. I'd have a mixture of all kinds of trees; beach, oak, elm, ash, sycamore, maple, etc. I'd buy them pretty big too... root balled.

But I wonder what sort of reaction the locals would give to this! Surely it couldn't be as bad as fields full of solar panels, or wind turbines.

No. It's my field. It's my child. I nursed it. I nourished it. I saw to its every want. I dug the rocks out of it with my bare hands and I made a living thing of it! My only want is that green grass, that lovely green grass, and you want to take it away from me, and in the sight of God I can't let you do that!