[Sca-cooks] Forest management (was ovens)

[Sue Clemenger]

Huh! I didn't know that....
--maire, who guesses she has about 6 families' worth (evergreens, not 
deciduous) on her 30 acres....


Phlip wrote:


> Standard wisdom is that a properly managed 5 acre wood lot can provide
> sufficient wood for a family's needs. This refers to a temperate forest, and
> a family which uses wood almost exclusively for heating and cooking, and
> requires occasional thinning of diseased or otherwise "worthless" trees, but
> also allows harvesting of some trees for other uses, such as furniture or
> fenceposts.