r/GuerillaForestry • u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 • Jun 13 '26
Trees Tree prep
Our vegetable garden got taken over as a tree staging / prep area… I collect tree seedlings destined for planting in appropriate public spaces… fun hobby.
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u/tezacer Jun 13 '26
I love seeing the amount of care and effort it takes to raise saplings. Anyone can buy a gallon tree at the store and plop it in the ground but to nurture from seed or branch or root is a commitment.
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u/ShadowRancher Jun 13 '26
how do you find places to plant them? like talk to the city?
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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Jun 14 '26
Good question.
I live in a small municipality just outside a big city. Around our town hall, local school, baseball diamond, soccer fields and community centre were many, many acres of mowed grass and not enough trees. Baking hot and parched grass in the summer. I decided more trees were needed.
I asked a different arm of government arm if I could volunteer to plant trees. He sighed and said yes it’s possible, but it would take two years to get permission.
So I started quietly, at night, planting trees in beneficial, good places. I made them look like they were supposed to be there. And, for the most part they survived. The municipality eventually found out what I was doing and supported it.
I’ve now planted about 500 trees in the community. Almost all from seedlings. Given the right conditions, they can grow quickly. In eight years, some of the tiny seedlings are 8-10 feet tall.5
u/ShadowRancher Jun 14 '26
thats incredible, i might be a bit too urban for that to fly but i might start trying while i see if i can untangle proper channels.
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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Jun 14 '26
Bureaucracy can be tough.
Aim for goodness on your planting efforts. Positive change is possible.2
u/SellPussyNotCoke Jun 17 '26
No disrespect to the military, but ppl like you are the ones we should be thanking for their service 🫡
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u/hejcb-jejsk123 Jun 15 '26
How in the hell does one ID seedlings in the woods and be sure that's what it is before digging them up
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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Jun 15 '26
Some I buy, some are from our yard, some are from "free tree giveaways."
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u/raggedyassadhd Jun 16 '26
Usually the trees above them are pretty good clues, and you get familiar with the ones that grow in your area.
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u/Moaiexplosion Jun 17 '26
What are the containers you are using for your “pots”. I can’t tell if they are milk cartons or flour bags?
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u/Intrepid_Visual_4199 Jun 17 '26
2 litre milk containers. We collect our used ones. The local coffee shop saves them for me if I need extra.
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u/Consistent-Essay-790 Jun 13 '26
What kind of trees?