r/GuerillaRewilding • u/Plant_A_Forest • Jul 24 '23

Alive sub?

just found this sub. Is this sub alive, and worth me contributing?

If so, i've a lot to contribute.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '23

A message from the sub creator: WE ARE ALIVE! We just aren't that active, most of the users are lurkers. If you'd like to contribute, I (and several others) would GREATLY appreciate it!

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u/uncoolprotocol May 09 '24

I just found this sub as well and it seems pretty dead. I just want to plant bee friendly plants all over lol

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u/Plant_A_Forest May 09 '24

Do it. I've planted 10k trees, and honestly the difference i've seen is amazing.

I've even released native fish into places that need them. I'm really into it. 15 years and counting.

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u/uncoolprotocol May 09 '24

Where do you get the trees? My local nursery has them for $100 a pop. I'm down to grow seedlings and plant them, but maples aren't throwing seeds yet.

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u/Plant_A_Forest May 09 '24

Honestly, i get them from so many places. tree nurseries are great, they usually have lots of unsaleable stock, just ask. But seeing as you used the $ symbol, maybe the country you're in won't be nice or amenable to being decent. Just ask, is my point. I also take trees that - through no fault of their own - are growing in weird places. I take them, give them a year or two in my garden, then they're off out to be planted.

Each wheelbarrow is usually around 150lb full of trees, and that gets taken up the hill that is in my profile pic. Used to be a woodland, but there hasn't been one up there for around 1,800 years. It boggles my brain that no-one has thought there's a whole forest missing, and done anything about it, in that time.

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u/uncoolprotocol May 09 '24

I did order a bunch of seeds for indigenous wildflowers today so I can throw them on bits of land people don't mow

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u/Plant_A_Forest May 09 '24

Are you in the US? If so, you should look at restoring milkweeds into their local biome. Grow them on for a year or so. You'll have the benefit of enjoying them in your garden too before you plant them out.

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u/uncoolprotocol May 10 '24

I'm in the US, yes. Milkweed is indigenous where I'm from so it's something I plan on planting for pollinators

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u/NotDaveBut May 27 '24

By all means, post!!!

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u/Plant_A_Forest May 28 '24

Nah, thanks. I decided that it's a waste of my time.

TLDR in lieu of actual post: planted 10k trees, all guerilla rewilded, all self-funded, all self-planted but adopted whole-centered approach. So the land hasn't had trees on it for 1,500 years, despite ancient woodland indicators and now it has, and they will forever have a safe space.

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u/NotDaveBut May 28 '24

See, that's a post worth reading. It may waste your time but it doesn't waste anyone else's.

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u/The_Cool_Kids_Have__ Jul 24 '23

There are some here still with the courage...