16 ms·
I am fortunate in that I have a few acres in a tiny town in Central Europe and I don't need a financial return from the land. I now keep the back lot as a meado
by consumer451 7y ago
I am fortunate in that I have a few acres in a tiny town in Central Europe and I don't need a financial return from the land. I now keep the back lot as a meadow garden instead of the giant cut lawn that it used to be. I made sure that the surrounding farmers were cool with it as I was worried they would hate a "pest farm" on my land, but they understand.
I own an additional 6 acres of farmland which I currently let a neighbor grow wheat on, but they spray all the normal ag-chems. I am looking at options for what to do with that as far as co2 mitigation and pro-bug land. My brother suggested that he could buy trees to plant as a carbon offset for every flight he takes out here. Maybe I could put the land in a trust, and open the tree purchasing to other folks that are looking for carbon offsets?
A large meadow and growing the forest seem like the best options at this point. I would love to hear any other suggestions.
- tomxor 7y ago> buy trees to plant as a carbon offset I know you mean well, but unless you mean planting saplings - isn't buying trees just pushing around carbon offsets to change local figures while worsening global figures due to the cost of moving them?
- consumer451 7y agoYes, sorry, that’s more or less what I mean. I was thinking of getting a few dozen 4-6 foot tall trees to start. But I really need to do a lot of research here and consult some people who are educated in this domain.
- sgt101 7y agoTry to create some wetland - a pond, or if there is a stream dam it and flood some of the land.
- consumer451 7y agoUnfortunately I don't think that's too much of an option. This is all on a decent grade and pretty dry.
- sgt101 7y agodig a hole and line it to capture water? Honestly, from my anecdotal observations this single intervention will drive insect populations north fast.
- adrianN 7y agoYou could plant some fast growing trees, turn them to charcoal and bury it. That's good for the soil and captures the carbon for a few millennia.
- Roritharr 7y agoWhy not directly buy the charcoal? It's not that expensive and you can get it done quicker than waiting for trees to grow.
- consumer451 7y agoIs there an advantage to turning it to charcoal? I mean the process would expel co2, right? Does charcoal sequester co2 better than raw dead wood?