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- Hacker News
- > At the Eighth Annual Tree Diversity Conference on March 4th, our Front Range conditions for growing trees was described as “harsh”.
Wow, didn't even know that there was such a thing.
The article is... beautiful, in a sense. It is SO clear that it is not written by AI (it's from 2022, in fact), and it seems refreshing to read something without the need to constantly ask yourself what was written with AI and what by a human mind.
Anyway... Planting trees is getting worse and worse. Our climate is pretty much f*cked. That, in 2026, is abuntantly clear. Sigh.
- What does it mean that planting trees is getting worse? In my country we have a holiday for planting trees. The school children plant a tree every year - and when my children were younger I would plant with them.by dotancohen
- "Change" and "resilience"... Two of our rulers' favourite buzzwords right there.
Apart from the wider climatic issues... It would help a lot if cities weren't covered in concrete, tarmac/asphalt and reflecting windows that cook the urban environment. They aren't good for rain runoff either.
by nephihaha - > I’ve been an arborist for 35 years and it is my opinion that it is healthier for trees to be planted outside the lawn area.
Kill your lawn. Lawns don't belong in Colorado. Get your city to adopt rainwater harvesting measures, use it to create microclimates with native flora. That'll make it easier for you to grow trees, and better use of rainwater will reduce/eliminate the city's need to upkeep with water.
Brad Lancaster has a website with this and other ecosystem-minded permaculture techniques. He's in AZ but the techniques are adaptable to CO. https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/water-harvesting/
by filoeleven