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Heck yes we got trees in the Sandhills!

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People are always saying we don't have trees in the Sandhills... the HECK we don't.

Soapy proved it with a picture of the trees growing near his place. (Please refer to his topic: "Pictures January 13, 2007" under Ranch Talk.)

I decided to photograph our tree, in an effort to prove once & for all that the Sandhills do indeed have trees:

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What do the rest of you got that we don't got?
 
By god that's one step away from being a thicket-maybe even a forest in the right light. I can see why people made a fortune down there-you got no where to hang the thieves.
 
JF Ranch said:
People are always saying we don't have trees in the Sandhills... the HECK we don't.

Soapy proved it with a picture of the trees growing near his place. (Please refer to his topic: "Pictures January 13, 2007" under Ranch Talk.)

I decided to photograph our tree, in an effort to prove once & for all that the Sandhills do indeed have trees:

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What do the rest of you got that we don't got?
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I think that I shall never see,
Anything as lovely as your fine tree.
These little plants are all I've got,
But for their honor I've fiercely fought.
:-) :-) :wink:

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OH Man!!!! I sure do hope some cow don't come along and trip over the cord that's got that poor lil tree plugged into life support.

JF.......I'm in the process of uploadin to photobucket...they gotta lil ice on em...but they ARE trees LOL
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Can't ya see it now.....a buzzard landin .....well...somewhere on it...then promply hittin the ground.


You better go build a fence around it......to protect it. QUICK!!!!
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Even a tree hugger would have to hunker down, shut their eyes tight, and pretend it was something else to hug that hooter. :wink:
 
I have a halfway serious question fer ya'll........I've noticed that most of your trees seem to be Willow trees. Is that the only kinda trees ya have there?

Willows here grow really big..and really fast...and don't usually live all that long.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
I have a halfway serious question fer ya'll........I've noticed that most of your trees seem to be Willow trees. Is that the only kinda trees ya have there?

Willows here grow really big..and really fast...and don't usually live all that long.
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We have cottonwoods, Chinese elm, ash, locust, pine, cedar, and other varieties, but they are all just few and far between.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
I have a halfway serious question fer ya'll........I've noticed that most of your trees seem to be Willow trees. Is that the only kinda trees ya have there?

Willows here grow really big..and really fast...and don't usually live all that long.
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Here's a half serious answer for ya!

In this part of the Sandhills, a tree's a tree. Ya don't care what kind it is. Other parts of the Sandhills seem to grow trees fairly easily, but nothing grows fast here in our area.

How long do trees live in most other parts of the country? I'd say a hundred year old tree here is ancient. They flourish naturally along certain streams and rivers, but otherwise most all of them were planted. The early setters came to this country only about 120 years ago. Very few that were planted then are still around today.

Willows grow naturally, usually in ditches and marshy areas. I don't know why anyone would plant a willow. I've never aged one, so I'm not sure how long they last. They are a very trashy tree but as you can see we do have some very nice specimens here & there! Soapweed & I have had fun with this thread. I hope others have found it humorous as well.
 
We have a few native cottonwoods, and ONE native juniper tree. Most everything else has been planted by someone. Quite a bit of sagebrush here in places though. lol.
 
If the tree huggers see this I'd say you were in big trouble. It is apparent that the cattle have stood under it untill they have nearly killed it. It is the last of your spotted owl habitat. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes. We will be hearing about you losing your ranch on Paul Harvey.
 

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