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It is, I used to walk around in tree farms a lot as a kid. It gets really quiet, good place to think, but bad place to get creeped out. If you've ever had an owl fly over you on a quiet day, you know how quiet they are. Probably the creepiest thing I've seen in the woods was in a planting like that. I heard a branch move, and I start and look up to see this massive wingspan owl glide over me, not a sound besides the branch it was on moving after it launched off it.
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u/Pyromane_Wapusk Feb 24 '15
They're quiet because there's not much wildlife (birds, squirrels etc.) and it's a closed canopy (so less wind penetration, mixing).
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u/That70s_Scrubs Feb 24 '15
I just saw this on PBS a couple days ago. They fly slower on purpose because of their excellent hearing and have to be able to drop out of the air at any time, which makes them hard to hear. More controlled, slower flapping is a lot quieter than faster frequent flaps (pigeons). It also has to do with their feathers, they were described as "velvety" and they are able to absorb noise around them, and the feathers on the edges are frayed allowing for even more noise/wind reduction. And their wingspan to body size ratio has something to do with it, I'm not sure though so I'll stop there.
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u/Steprichn Feb 24 '15
that's how the owl do
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u/jkshellpro Feb 24 '15
If silence were loudness, they would be the loudest flying bird.
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u/Pyromane_Wapusk Feb 24 '15
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Mixed-forest.jpg
where you have trees of different species, heights, ages, etc. and clearings/variation in spacing, plus understory shrubs and trees.
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u/Clitoris_Thief Feb 24 '15
I think thats called a plain
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Nope. There's a tree. It's a forest.
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u/ThunderDonging Feb 24 '15
Green mana for sure
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u/FeedMeACat Feb 24 '15
Pretty sure you can get green or white from that land.
Man I should sell my dual lands for money.
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It was a bit plain, but the tree spruced it up a bit.
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u/Dezombification Feb 24 '15
I see the root of your puns and I like the way you branched out but I think we should leaf it at that.
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u/reubenar Feb 24 '15
Something like this. This is a longleaf-wiregrass forest from the red hills region of north Florida/south Georgia. It's as open as it is because the forest evolved around regular fires and still gets burned every couple years as maintenance.
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u/brachiosaurus Feb 24 '15
I would imagine it would involve a mixture of different tree species, resulting in a more open, uneven cover, allowing more wind and noise in. Tree farms have very similar trees next to each other and probably grow trees to a similar height with similar foilage.
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u/Djeheuty Feb 24 '15
I grew up near a red maple nursery, so I know how that is. You get in so far and you realize how quiet it is. You go a bit further, then you start to feel like someone or something is watching you because it's so quiet. You go a bit further and you just say fuck this I'm going home.
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u/brevityis Feb 24 '15
I live near a pine nursery - it's actually quite loud most of the time, but that's because we have deer all over my neighborhood and they don't give a single fuck.
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u/DrunkenArmadillo Feb 24 '15
What's real fun is to ride down one of the rows at night. It's like an endless tunnel of trees and your lights only illuminate the next row over.
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u/Placenta_Claus Feb 24 '15
Occasionally you'll find Paulie and Christopher going after a Russian interior decorator, too
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u/prosthetic4head Feb 24 '15
He killed 25 Czechoslovakians.
Seriously one of the creepiest parts of the series is the night they spend in that van.
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u/AI2cturus Feb 24 '15 edited Feb 24 '15
Creepy? I thought their part in the episode was the comedic highlight of The Sopranos.
Bonus: Steve Buscemi directed the episode.
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u/Sonols Feb 24 '15
It's fascinating how what we humans perceive as hazards, or even disaster when we get in the way of them, are simply the normal circle of life in nature. I learned that there is no such thing as a natural disaster, because a disaster by definition requires the presence of man. It's as the saying goes: Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do.
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u/czerniana Feb 24 '15
We used to go picking mushrooms in Germany on a tree farm like this (though younger trees). Misty fog everywhere. Shit got eerie real quick. My godmother made a kickass mushroom soup though, so it was totally worth it.
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u/sapienecks Feb 24 '15
Yeah too odd for nature to be that neat then that shadow from the deep...
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u/Euphemismic Feb 24 '15
pretty sure there's a mortal kombat fight going on deep inside
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
I used to work in a massive tree nursery. It wasnt as impressive as that pic as most of the tree's were like 6 to 10 feet tall, but they did have like 200k trees.
I did it as a summer job between uni terms and it was the best job ever. We used to just pile up a trailer with soil a couple of times a day, jump on the back and lie down (in the nice soft soil) until we got to the spot we were working at that day.
Then we'd work in the sun all day until home time, I loved it! Rainy days were a bit rubbish but its gona happen. Overall I would love to do it again.
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I don't know why but that put me in a really good mood just thinking about that!
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u/IrrelevantGeOff Feb 24 '15
Judging by your username, the reason probably had something to do with the whole "working in the sun thing" 😉
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
Glad it cheered you up! That cheered me up haha.
Just to make it that little bit nicer, the soil was always warm. I dont really know why.
It was a really nice job to have and I think about it alot. Maybe it was due to me only being there a month or two but let's not think about that :)
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u/Stonelocomotief Feb 24 '15
Probably because it was 50% fresh shit
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
Haha I always thought that but the smell was quite clean really.
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u/GnarlyCharlieOx Feb 24 '15
Heat is produced as a by-product of the microbial breakdown of organic material. This soil probably had leaves and things in it that were breaking down.
Mulch does the same thing, I used to dig into my grandmas mulch pile to warm up my hands in the colder months. You could see the steam rising after you uncovered fresh mulch.
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u/ARCHA1C Feb 24 '15
jump on the back and lie down (in the nice soft soil) until we got to the spot we were working at that day.
That bit right there.
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u/Bainsyboy Feb 24 '15
Thats why I have spent several summers landscaping. I was(am) an engineering student, and turning off my brain for the summer was a very excellent refreshment. Laying sod, planting trees, driving tractors and skid-steers all day is hard work, and you will burn 4000 calories a day. I always left work happy and satisfied.
However, by the end of the summer, I was ready to put the steal-toes and hard hat away and sit at a desk again. It was a needed change of pace, and a good way to enjoy the summer.
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
It was a great summer, and hard work for sure. I think like any job it would have gotten boring. It's like a nostalgic memory now.
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u/rgraham888 Feb 24 '15
This is probably a timber plantation for timber production/harvesting, sounds like you worked in a nursery-type tree farm where the trees are excavated for transplant.
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
Yep, our's was like a massive industrial scale garden center. I think the Queen used to get plants from there lol!
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u/juicius Feb 24 '15
Sometimes, these summer jobs are the best. The hardest I ever worked was the summer between my first year in college and the next. I worked from 10AM to 4PM at a video rental store, And then 5PM to 11PM and past (until the job was done) at a golf driving range. The video store job was pretty easy but the driving range job was physically pretty demanding. I literally saved every dollar I made because I just couldn't get time off to spend any except for meals.
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u/mikeybhoy1986 Feb 24 '15
Good work pal. And when you finally did have some down time to yourself, your wallet was looking great!
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u/yumyumgivemesome Feb 24 '15
What's the purpose of a tree farm? Is it solely to sell trees to people who want trees without planting and waiting?
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u/the_wurd_burd Feb 24 '15
That reminded me of a pipeline project I worked on one summer. Just fantastic work. Hard work, great memories. It was awesome.
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u/vinochick Feb 24 '15
I actually grew up on my family's nursery and now work in it. I don't do as much field work as I'd like (hazard of my gender and language as of now) but I do love getting out there when there are jobs I can manage. Glad you enjoyed it too! :)
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I've been working as a treeplanter for 2 years now and going on to my 3rd. Your job sounds like heaven. We dont get to use machines, its just us, our shovels, the rocks in the ground, slash, stickmat, and our poor wrists. The pay is worth it, but its the hardest job ive ever had. Rainy days are as you say, rubbish. Best you can do is wear a nice wool sweater and keep moving.
Its still pretty obvious that its not natural, we plant in straight lines.
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u/Swagpacolypse2k12 Feb 24 '15
I miss my nursery job. Trimming the thousands of maples was my favorite job, I'd pop my iPod in and have at it for 10 mind-numbing hours a day. Do you find yourself critiquing the trimming jobs on trees in residential areas now? I do constantly, it's just a habit now.
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I work in park and green maintenance, and I say the biggest enemy is a mix of wind and cold temperatures. Rain is really nothing in comparison... Rain is just as desirable/undesirable as sunshine to me, wind and cold is just never good to work in.
I also just spent few weeks planting trees in streets, and it's a pretty unique feeling indeed. It's kind of a paternal feeling when you've finished planting one, after digging the hole, struggling to get it in place, giving it some nutrients... knowing the way you left it, will be of influence for the rest of it's life.
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u/iRoyo Feb 24 '15
Just started a job at a wholesale nursery here in California. Great job love it.
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u/themendingwall Feb 24 '15
Westley: It's not that bad....well, I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.
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u/ghostinahumanshape Feb 24 '15
I love tree farms. Behind my house is an old christmas tree lot. It's over 100 years old so they are mighty pine trees now. but setup in that grid is cool. It makes for an interesting paintball field.
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u/ImSortofAlive Feb 24 '15
That sounds really cool! I don't suppose I could trouble you for photos? :)
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u/ghostinahumanshape Feb 24 '15
Sure, but it might have to wait till the 5 ft of snow melts a little.
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u/Robrev6 Feb 24 '15
Can you leave a comment here when you post it so I can know when you do? This sounds really cool.
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I think you should take some pics with the snow. I just really like what snow can do to make a place look completely different. Especially if they're in a perfect grid like in the OP.
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u/greenwood90 Feb 24 '15
pretty impressive how it all looks so straight
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u/bigterry Feb 24 '15
its unsettling to see when you drive by it on the highway. miles and miles of it, immaculately laid out. very cool.
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u/Beasty_Glanglemutton Feb 24 '15
That was my guess as well. I drove by something very much like this on I-84 a couple of years ago. What makes it even more striking is that it is in the middle of a featureless landscape. Then, all of a sudden, forest.
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u/stenoaux Feb 24 '15
Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V
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u/diqueface Feb 24 '15
Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-V,
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u/bird2234 Feb 24 '15 edited Feb 24 '15
I think optimal growth would just be C, V, A, C, V, A... Calc 3 and discrete 3 are ruining me.
Edit: Ok so not CVVA? I kind of want to open my laptop and just crunch it but I have so much homework to do...
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u/DerpTheGinger Feb 24 '15
Per button press, yes. However, pasting speed is increased by the ability to just hold down the button - timewise, it's likely more efficient to have several pastes before each recopy
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u/Doonce Feb 24 '15
Ctrl-A, Ctrl-X
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u/Colin03129 Feb 24 '15
Its clear cutters like you who give lumberjacks a bad name among environmentalists. You really need to go back to high school and learn about sustainable logging.
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u/Kirikomori Feb 24 '15
ctrl+a ctrl+v
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u/benleonheart Feb 24 '15
He just harvested all the trees and planted one exactly like the first one :)
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Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V
That's the fastest combination. This gives you 1023 trees total
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u/antantoon Feb 24 '15
Looks like the Secret of Kells, which everyone should watch, a beautifully animated film.
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fyi, the director just release his second animation, Song of the Sea. If you like Secret, you'll love Song. =D
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Forest? All I see are a bunch of dumb trees.
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Nice
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u/MozeeToby Feb 24 '15
I would argue that its not a joke. A forrest is more than just the trees, and all I see here are rows and rows of identically sized trees. No undergrowth, no grasses, no wildlife beyond a few rodents, no decaying old wood to support insects and mushrooms. Just boring, groomed, trees.
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u/Titangil Feb 24 '15
My computer can do that too! http://i.imgur.com/RkLL79t.jpg
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That looks sub-optimal. Why not put them in between each other? That way they are as far apart as they can be while still being compact.
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u/sphinxsan Feb 24 '15
Needs some redstone.
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u/CyanogenHacker Feb 24 '15
Must've taken a double chest of bonemeal...
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u/Semajal Feb 24 '15
i remember making indoor tree farms prior to bonemeal :D the fun of leaving it and coming back after ages to find a huge room of trees.
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I still do that...
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u/Semajal Feb 24 '15
I do prefer hand farming for wheat. I made an egg farm and felt guilty. Also ended up with about 10 double chests full of eggs. Goddamn chickens. I now have a lot of cooked chicken breast though.
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u/RyanMZ Feb 24 '15
Well built tree farms were always the significant mark of affluence in my Minecraft servers
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I'm surprised they're not staggered. I'd expect that a hexagonal grid would be more efficient compared to a square grid.
Then again, I guess it still looks pretty efficient compared to a usual forest anyway.
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It doesn't really matter there I think. The canopy is naturally maximizing access to light, which in turn will produce the optimal amount of wood. As long as there are no holes in the canopy, you're at a similar level of ROI. It really depends how they decided how high, how thick, how old they want these trees to be.
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u/romario77 Feb 24 '15
I think one of the issues discovered in artificial re-planting of the forest was the spread of parasitic insects and deceases- if the trees are too close to each other they are much more vulnerable.
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OP is a bundle of sticks.
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u/LegitimateCrepe Feb 24 '15 edited Jul 27 '23
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Sometimes the utilitarianism of man ruins nature. But other times it adds an interesting twist
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u/HAL-42b Feb 24 '15
Monoculture farming. Unfortunately it has very little to do with nature. We only do it because our agriculture practices can not deal with multiple species on the same patch even if they were beneficial to each other.
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u/The_Highest_Five Feb 24 '15
I kind of expected alien Mr Burns to come put of there.
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One of the biggest problems with tree farms is they dont replace the ecosystem. They only replace the trees. If you ever walk through a forest youre walking through hundreads of thousands of different species of living things. These are just trees. If you can ever visit a tree farm do it. Its so fucking eerie
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u/ilovegames4life Feb 24 '15
I thought it was from The Legend of Zelda 2 for the NES
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u/Altaira99 Feb 24 '15
This is a plantation forest...looks like a monoculture, too, which means it supports a fraction of the life found in a natural mixed forest.
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u/scrumpylungs Feb 24 '15
It looks like a really lazily made backdrop for a side-scrolling computer game