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Self-Help to Overcome Silvaphobia


Silvaphobia:  A Fear of Cutting Trees


Many landowners own & manage vegetable gardens.  Vegetable gardens require weeding and care every week.  In the summer and fall they can produce a sizeable harvest if managed properly.  Mistakes made are easily reconciled since plants are sown and harvested each year.

On the other hand, trees live much longer than humans and the influences we may have on them can have lasting effects into the future.  These effects can last even after the current landowner is gone.  As a result, many landowners may choose to abandon cutting altogether, even when management may be necessary.  
It can take up to 60 years for a stand of trees to reach this size.  Cutting the right ones matter.

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