South Carolina's number one cash crop and most renewable resource. A tract belonging to the Hunt family and next to my good neighbor will be clear cut this coming week. I know it has to be done, but when it's done - summers are a little hotter until the younger trees are a little bigger again. The AC will just have to work a little harder which means my electric bill will rise with it.
@wakelys They grow pretty quick - loblolly pines. The ones around me are over 25 years old and are huge - can't wrap my arms around them and touch my fingers. The main uses are lumber, followed by pulp for paper.
I like the lines of pine forests, and loblolly do grow quickly - but I feel for you in the interim. I'm not a fan of clear-cutting - though I understand the reasons for it - but it always looks so "destroyed" to me. There's a lot of there here, to.
@milaniet There's one - just one - long-leaf pine in the midst. I hope they don't cut it down! They're becoming rare. It does look like massive destruction - like when hurricane Hugo hit back in 91.
@kvphoto Me, too. It is sad, but it's Hunts' property and he has make his land pay. About 10 years, it will be looking better - another five to 10 and they'll be cutting again.
@dutchothotmailcom Thank you, Esther!
@wag864 Thank you, Kas!
@kvphoto Me, too. It is sad, but it's Hunts' property and he has make his land pay. About 10 years, it will be looking better - another five to 10 and they'll be cutting again.