Sequestering carbon by land restoration and reforestation in Iceland

[KarenRei]

So, what roof will your house have?

Vegetation Not just a thin layer of grass - there will be half a meter of soil over it at the shallowest point.

Solar is not particularly useful here. We make Nunavut look sunny. And in the summer, the time when there's plenty, the sun rises and sets in the north, doing a full 360° around you. So if you have south-facing panels, they miss a lot of the summer sun. In the winter, it only comes from the south - when it's visible at all. It takes such a shallow arc that almost any obstacle can block it. In my valley, direct sunlight isn't visible for a couple months every year. Steeper valleys are even worse.

What I'd love would be "wind netting", with helical generators designed to be mounted horizontally between poles, to double as both power generation and a windbreak. No shortage of wind in the winter! Windstorms have been keeping me up at night lately, they've been really loud. There's a patchy coating of snow outside, which has been there for several days. I've still got the plants out there, as I want to make sure that they're fully convinced that winter has come (and then once I take them in, that it's gone, and time to grow again!). It should start warming up again on Sunday.

 

[Fred42]

Sorry if you already saw I posted this elsewhere, but I noted this looks light enough to use for camping with your 3.

 

[KarenRei]

Sorry if you already saw I posted this elsewhere, but I noted this looks light enough to use for camping with your 3.

Are you sure that's a camper and not a submarine?

 

[Off Shore]

Are you sure that's a camper and not a submarine?

Maybe designed to work with Elon's submersible?

 

[Duffer]

You've made a lot of progress

Vegetation Not just a thin layer of grass - there will be half a meter of soil over it at the shallowest point.

Solar is not particularly useful here. We make Nunavut look sunny. And in the summer, the time when there's plenty, the sun rises and sets in the north, doing a full 360° around you. So if you have south-facing panels, they miss a lot of the summer sun. In the winter, it only comes from the south - when it's visible at all. It takes such a shallow arc that almost any obstacle can block it. In my valley, direct sunlight isn't visible for a couple months every year. Steeper valleys are even worse.

What I'd love would be "wind netting", with helical generators designed to be mounted horizontally between poles, to double as both power generation and a windbreak. No shortage of wind in the winter! Windstorms have been keeping me up at night lately, they've been really loud. There's a patchy coating of snow outside, which has been there for several days. I've still got the plants out there, as I want to make sure that they're fully convinced that winter has come (and then once I take them in, that it's gone, and time to grow again!). It should start warming up again on Sunday.

I get back to where I last left off. I'd already cut the fence to make a gate, but honestly, gates are the least of my concern right now. I'm not going to do any more until the whole fence is in place, but at least concerning this one, I have to do it.

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I use that nice "two loop" that was recommended in this thread.

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Stretching and anchoring it to the post on the other side.

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I keep working along. One problem I'm having is that the stretching tool tends to slide the vertical wires along the horizontal wires they're anchored to (as well as bending them). I think next time I might try to "kink" the horizontal wires a little to prevent this. Who knows, but worth a try

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A ptarmigan dropped by and settled on the lower lip at the top of opposite cliff to watch me for a while.

Fun fact: the "pt" spelling of ptarmigan is based on an old, incorrect notion that the word was of greek origin. It's actually from Scottish Gaelic, "tàrmachan". Of course, we just call it "rjúpa". They're a game bird here, and popular at Christmas. But this one is of course safe around me! Check back in a few years, ptarmigan; I'm helping grow willows for those buds that you like to nibble on over the winter.

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The sun is getting rather low, and there's a few things I need to do above, so I abandon my work by the river. I did however discover that it's better "skip posts", that I can tension just as well from every second post as I can from each post (I then go back and nail the fence up to the skipped post). Next time I do this, I'm going to see how many posts I can get away with skipping; tensioning is the part that takes the longest.

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Back up top, I head to the shed. I really don't know whether I'll actually make it back before winter really sets in, so I have to assume I won't. I empty all the tools out my trunk into the shed, and replace them with my winter rims.

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One tool is still sitting outside, though - the post pounder.

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I get a six-pallet windbreak hammered in and set up (in ever-growing winds that try to take the pallets out of my hands! ) before it gets too dark to do anymore.

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The post pounder goes into the shed, door locked, and I head home.

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So, I don't know, this might be the last time I make it out this year. My next day off is Monday, and then after that, Friday through Sunday. After that comes Iceland Airwaves, which will eat up 100% of my time, from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep (its a massive music festival in Reykjavík, hundreds of bands playing everywhere from tiny venues to concert halls; I usually see 80+ concerts in 5 days). As it stands, Monday is looking iffy, but you never know.

You've completed a lot of work not only in planting various trees but just as importantly in laying the foundation for the fencing that will keep the woolen, tree munching spawn of Satan off of your property. Enjoy your much deserved rest!

 

[Fred42]

Are you sure that's a camper and not a submarine?

Maybe you were kidding but here's the link.
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/...aily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-11-03

 

[Lessmog]

Hey Karen, the news bomb today where Elon said GF4 is coming to Berlin soon and will make batteries, power trains and vehicles, starting with Model Y, made me look at the maps to figure out where (A10/A13 area probably). And so I took another look at you location too. Lo & behold, the text is starting to show on that logo you formed! Does it say KOMDU, and is that some kind of galdr (Norse magic incantation) to get the car sooner?

 

[KarenRei]

Hey Karen, the news bomb today where Elon said GF4 is coming to Berlin soon and will make batteries, power trains and vehicles, starting with Model Y, made me look at the maps to figure out where (A10/A13 area probably). And so I took another look at you location too. Lo & behold, the text is starting to show on that logo you formed! Does it say KOMDU, and is that some kind of galdr (Norse magic incantation) to get the car sooner?

Hehe, well, right now it says nothing, as winter is setting in! But yes indeed, the text is "KOMDU" (COME) My grassroots attempt to send a clear message

 

[Tslynk67]

Hi Karen

I'm late to the party, but would like to chip-in. What's your PayPall addess?

Cheers

 

[Lessmog]

Hi Karen

I'm late to the party, but would like to chip-in. What's your PayPall addess?

Cheers

Not Karen, and I forget easily -- but try the first pages of this thread? (I'm even lazier than you )

 

[1101011]

Been doing a bit of local sequestering for the past few years. It's a middle class neighborhood, and I plant oak trees with homeowner permission.

Got close to two dozen, some of which are now big enough to produce acorns.

 

[1101011]

Too bad I cannot share these with you Karen.

The blue bucket is red oak, generated by trees I planted.

The other is a mix of red oak, English, pin, overcup, and some black oak.

I've taken to scattering acorns in less observed places; alongside highways and field edges that don't merit mowing.

Just helping out.

 

[Lessmog]

Too bad I cannot share these with you Karen.

The blue bucket is red oak, generated by trees I planted.

The other is a mix of red oak, English, pin, overcup, and some black oak.

I've taken to scattering acorns in less observed places; alongside highways and field edges that don't merit mowing.

Just helping out.

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Heh, so you put the red oak in the blue bucket just to confuse?

 

[Tslynk67]

Not Karen, and I forget easily -- but try the first pages of this thread? (I'm even lazier than you )

It's right there in Karen's first post. My wife says I'm blind, I rather think I read too fast...

 

[Lessmog]

It's right there in Karen's first post. My wife says I'm blind, I rather think I read too fast...

Well, think again, but think even faster -- how many weeks since you asked?
HNY etc. (TSLA just ticked quadruple cologne: 447.11)

 

[Dr. J]

The other is a mix of red oak, English, pin, overcup, and some black oak.

That large gnarly cap in the center of the red bucket looks like it came from a bur oak. What is that?

 

[Feathermerchan]

I have a bunch of White Oak acorns. They make very large trees. The trees originally came from my parents land in central Texas.

 

[1101011]

That large gnarly cap in the center of the red bucket looks like it came from a bur oak. What is that?

While red oak and pin oak are the most prevalent in NE Ohio, we also find english, burr and overcup here.

I've been "redistributing" acorns in areas of less traffic for the past couple of years in addition to my more purposeful treelawn work in the neighborhood.

 

[1101011]

Well, I come by this tree business rather naturally. This is a picture of my mother from 1927, born Jan.10, 1921,

 

[Dr. J]

Well, I come by this tree business rather naturally. This is a picture of my mother from 1927, born Jan.10, 1921,
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Before it was cool!