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He's talking about trees, not lumber. A nice healthy mature oak in the backyard is a thousand times nicer than a scrawny sapling that might give you shade in 2
by robonerd 4y ago
He's talking about trees, not lumber. A nice healthy mature oak in the backyard is a thousand times nicer than a scrawny sapling that might give you shade in 20 years if it survives that long.
The flipside is that sometimes the mature tree isn't healthy, and remediation of a large and dying tree can be tricky and expensive.
- lupire 4y agoEvery a healthy mature tree is expensive to trim and will eventually fall on your house.
- robonerd 4y agoAs is often the case, preventative maintenance is a lot cheaper than remediation. It's easier to safely dismantle a tree that is dying but not yet rotting. If you ignore the problem for too long, that's when things fall on your house and fixing your roof will cost a lot more than getting the tree removed properly a few years ago would have cost.