Timberdoodle
@timberdoodlydoo.bsky.social
Same weird forester/forest ecologist/occasional essayist you knew from Twitter. Just a big damn squirrel specializing in regenerative forestry practices and encouraging old growth character
Known by some as "Gandalf" and "That God Damned Tree Wizard"
Known by some as "Gandalf" and "That God Damned Tree Wizard"
So the general take-away with them is the same as with sitkas in @irishrainforest.bsky.social 's neck of the woods. Out of their native habitat, they are devastating. Eucalyptus has the added horror of being exceptionally hard to eradicate once they get a foothold and they're VERY flammable
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
So the general take-away with them is the same as with sitkas in @irishrainforest.bsky.social 's neck of the woods. Out of their native habitat, they are devastating. Eucalyptus has the added horror of being exceptionally hard to eradicate once they get a foothold and they're VERY flammable
You asked about the outcome of disease in a Eucalyptus plantations. I answered.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
You asked about the outcome of disease in a Eucalyptus plantations. I answered.
In that particular species and forest type?
Fire.
A fire that you can't control or contain.
Then about a month later the ground is covered in Eucalyptus sprouts.
Once Eucalyptus is established, it is incredibly hard to get rid of it. A dandelion's highly flammable cousin
Fire.
A fire that you can't control or contain.
Then about a month later the ground is covered in Eucalyptus sprouts.
Once Eucalyptus is established, it is incredibly hard to get rid of it. A dandelion's highly flammable cousin
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In that particular species and forest type?
Fire.
A fire that you can't control or contain.
Then about a month later the ground is covered in Eucalyptus sprouts.
Once Eucalyptus is established, it is incredibly hard to get rid of it. A dandelion's highly flammable cousin
Fire.
A fire that you can't control or contain.
Then about a month later the ground is covered in Eucalyptus sprouts.
Once Eucalyptus is established, it is incredibly hard to get rid of it. A dandelion's highly flammable cousin
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"Sing, O Muse, of the world's most divorced man"
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"Sing, O Muse, of the world's most divorced man"
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This clearly shouldn't be my first response, but I just find myself so remarkably annoyed not by the fact that my field is being co-opted by the worst people, but that it is being co-opted by the dumbest people, just the thickest, most arrogantly superficial 'trousered apes' imaginable.
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This clearly shouldn't be my first response, but I just find myself so remarkably annoyed not by the fact that my field is being co-opted by the worst people, but that it is being co-opted by the dumbest people, just the thickest, most arrogantly superficial 'trousered apes' imaginable.
Eucalyptus will do that if they escape containment.
I was in a silviculture class a while back and the professor spent about 20 minutes talking about Eucalyptus, and that outside of their native habitat, planting them is an act of ecoterrorism bc they're so dangerous and hard to eradicate
I was in a silviculture class a while back and the professor spent about 20 minutes talking about Eucalyptus, and that outside of their native habitat, planting them is an act of ecoterrorism bc they're so dangerous and hard to eradicate
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Eucalyptus will do that if they escape containment.
I was in a silviculture class a while back and the professor spent about 20 minutes talking about Eucalyptus, and that outside of their native habitat, planting them is an act of ecoterrorism bc they're so dangerous and hard to eradicate
I was in a silviculture class a while back and the professor spent about 20 minutes talking about Eucalyptus, and that outside of their native habitat, planting them is an act of ecoterrorism bc they're so dangerous and hard to eradicate
Portugal planted a ton of it during the Salazar regime. None of the stuff there now is planted, it just resprouts so vigorously after cutting or burning. It's a very ruderal coppicing species so
It takes a ton of work to remove them from a landscape.
It takes a ton of work to remove them from a landscape.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Portugal planted a ton of it during the Salazar regime. None of the stuff there now is planted, it just resprouts so vigorously after cutting or burning. It's a very ruderal coppicing species so
It takes a ton of work to remove them from a landscape.
It takes a ton of work to remove them from a landscape.
like no joke, there is literally a solid *page* of published research stuff that I forgot I did.
I'm not even putting in any fluff.
I'm not even putting in any fluff.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
like no joke, there is literally a solid *page* of published research stuff that I forgot I did.
I'm not even putting in any fluff.
I'm not even putting in any fluff.
I gotta find a Junkyard Dog Progressive worthy of a Senate challenge in GA, and there's gotta be somebody channeling that kinda energy for GA-10
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I gotta find a Junkyard Dog Progressive worthy of a Senate challenge in GA, and there's gotta be somebody channeling that kinda energy for GA-10
I WILL PRIMARY A MOTHERFUCKER FOR YOU
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I WILL PRIMARY A MOTHERFUCKER FOR YOU
you'd be surprised at how much use you'd get in that 4th season, so long as the infrastructure is maintained.
my only gaps have been in the shoulder seasons when the packed snow and ice is too soft to ride on
my only gaps have been in the shoulder seasons when the packed snow and ice is too soft to ride on
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
you'd be surprised at how much use you'd get in that 4th season, so long as the infrastructure is maintained.
my only gaps have been in the shoulder seasons when the packed snow and ice is too soft to ride on
my only gaps have been in the shoulder seasons when the packed snow and ice is too soft to ride on