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I found it.

I have planted more than my family could handle. Lol
I guess I'm doing for the extended family.

There is a nice story about an Indian guy that has planted a forest somewhere in India (I think). I'll search for that article.

Ethiopia's challenges seem specific to them. Wood as a prime fuel resource of poor people is a problem. Good for them for this initiative.

In the U.S., it seems to me the timber industry practice of clearcutting has devastated local ecosystems, and simply replanting saplings after clearcutting does little to restore the diversity of life in that ecosystem. Policies that severely restrict clearcutting are important and have been fought for. I honestly don't know how successfully so far.
But another problem in the U.S. is urban sprawl. Very lax zoning restrictions and the cultural attitude that ownership of land means you are entitled to do whatever you feel like with "your" land have added up to mean that a lot of vegetation gets cleared unnecessarily. We can each only "do what we can" to offset that vegetation loss. Maybe talking about it and trying to be a positive example to others will help eventually change our cultural mindset about environmental stewardship. I love to see urban homesteading, because that shows us people can manage their properties for sustainability rather than just for appearance....i.e. manicured lawns, lots of pesticides, etc. If we are going to sprawl into the countryside with our construction, the least we can do is try to leave ways for wildlife to still live around us.

My first knee-jerk reaction to this suggestion was: Plant trees?!? My 1/4 acre property is already largely shaded by some 9 or 10 big oaks, pine, maple, crape myrtle and catalpa. How am I supposed to plant trees?

Then I realized I have already planted a Satsuma citrus tree and two sweet olive "trees." That is one more than my tiny 2 person household. So Yay!

Aside from trees, pollenators need all the help they can get. So planting anything green that blooms occasionally (that is most plants) is good.

Nice idea.

Great thought....and I belong to folk who make it easy.

They send me greeting cards that say nice messages...then inside they say "A tree has been planted in your name by ____"....and they send you trees for cheap.....check them out!

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I have 10.5 acres - about 7 is forest & will remain that way. So far I have planted 5 Leyland Cypress, 1 ornamental plum & 2 peach trees. Covers me, my dad & my brother (immediate family).

I have planted a few on our land, but every year I collect acorns from our oak trees and scatter them beside roads, in hedgerows and among quick growing trees - hope those around in 200 years see them thriving

I've planted 5 trees on my property since we bought in 2014. 2 Pear, 2 Crape myrtles and a Spruce.

Eighty or more of them and only one of me so far. What a lot of people never understand is how fast trees can grow, there is a myth that trees take a long time, it really does not take a whole lifetime. Often fast growing types will give you a mature plant in ten years, so you will still see good growth even if you retired. While some of the ones I planted as a teenager are now looking like mature established forest, in just a half century.

I've planted 3 palms, an olive tree, inga tree, and a limequat tree in the last year so I've got some of you covered