Chapter 7: Putting It All Together
From A Guide to Innovative Tree Farming in the Pacific Northwest by Mike Dubrasich. 2005. Whirlwind Press. For a hard copy of the book ($10 - includes shipping) please contact W.I.S.E. [here].
Innovative tree farmers grow multiple species of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants for commercial purposes. Growing a single species for a single harvest many decades away is too unprofitable for serious tree farmers. Moreover, the transition from mono-cropping slow-growing species to multi-cropping fast-growing species is almost too easy to avoid. Observant tree farmers reading this book will realize that other commercial species besides Douglas-fir are already growing on their tree farms.
Tree farmers know that good planning is important. Planning increases productivity, efficiency, and profitability. Tree farmers who plan for their transition to growing the best species will be more successful than those who fall into it accidentally.
Proper tree farm plans have four parts: inventory, goals, treatments, and monitoring. The first step in planning is to inventory and evaluate the soil, topography, climate, existing plants, and plants that could potentially grow on your property. The next step is to decide what tree farm products you wish to produce and market; tree farming is a business, and marketing is central to any business plan. Next, prepare a schedule and budget for the treatments and practices you will apply to accomplish your production and marketing goals. Finally, devise a system for measuring and recording what you do and how the trees are growing. In addition to these four fundamental steps, you may wish to consider the following 12 recommendations for inclusion in your new tree farm plan.
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Innovative Tree Farming
From A Guide to Innovative Tree Farming in the Pacific Northwest by Mike Dubrasich. 2005. Whirlwind Press. For a hard copy of the book ($10 - includes shipping) please contact W.I.S.E. [here].
If you own rural property in the Pacific Northwest, then this book is for you. Tree farming is one of the best ways to use your property. It’s relatively easy, non-polluting, low maintenance, interesting, and it can be very profitable, too.
Tree farming is the art and science of growing, harvesting, and marketing large, woody plants. Trees are fascinating, lovely, noble, and enjoyable to grow. Tree farming is also a business, one that uses natural phenomena (plants, soil, rain, and sunshine) to produce commercial goods and materials. Most rural landowners grow trees on their property, and many of them make money harvesting sawlogs, Christmas trees, firewood, boughs, cones, or hundreds of other tree products. That’s tree farming. Many so-called “forests” in the Pacific Northwest are actually tree farms: plantations of trees grown to be commercially harvested. (Orchards and nurseries are also types of tree farms, but they are outside the scope of this book.)
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