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<let name=data index=TextAbove>Remember when used to sit back and admire our lovely hardwood forests -- and then the wisteria salesman talked us into leveraging our assets with accelerated growth through diversification?</let> | <let name=data index=TextAbove>Remember when used to sit back and admire our lovely hardwood forests -- and then the wisteria salesman talked us into leveraging our assets with accelerated growth through diversification?</let> | ||
<let name=data index=TextBelow>So we had our nice old-growth forest, right, and every now and then a tree would die from old age or lightning and we could either harvest it for the wood or let it lie to feed bugs that feed birds that help spread seeds around and promote a healthy ecosystem yadda yadda. It wasn't very exciting or dynamic -- really, it was about as exciting as watching trees grow -- but it was stable and pleasant to walk in.[[File:100 6080.JPG|thumb|stagnant old growth]] | <let name=data index=TextBelow>So we had our nice old-growth forest, right, and every now and then a tree would die from old age or lightning and we could either harvest it for the wood or let it lie to feed bugs that feed birds that help spread seeds around and promote a healthy ecosystem yadda yadda. It wasn't very exciting or dynamic -- really, it was about as exciting as watching trees grow -- but it was stable and pleasant to walk in.[[File:100 6080.JPG|thumb|stagnant old growth]] | ||
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Weapons of mass destruction? Apparently they were talking about our gardening tools -- the hand-shears, the loppers, the hand-saw, and of course most incriminating of all the gas-powered circular-saw bushwhacker -- which we were using to destroy the mass of vines that was still trying to take over the forest. | Weapons of mass destruction? Apparently they were talking about our gardening tools -- the hand-shears, the loppers, the hand-saw, and of course most incriminating of all the gas-powered circular-saw bushwhacker -- which we were using to destroy the mass of vines that was still trying to take over the forest. | ||
We put down the tools and, another long story short, managed to get away with only a small fine and 30 days of community service -- pulling weeds | We put down the tools and, another long story short, managed to get away with only a small fine and 30 days of community service -- pulling weeds from the landscaping of Forest Cultivation Industries, Inc. | ||
In closing, all I can say is this: | In closing, all I can say is this: if you're going up against wisteria, know what you're dealing with. ''Wisteria fights dirty''.</let> | ||
<let name=data index=TimeStamp>2011-09-04 0913</let> | <let name=data index=TimeStamp>2011-09-04 0913</let> | ||
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