Ethiopia Says It Planted Over 350 Million Trees in a Day, a Record

[Throck]

13. Be a project of 1.

Whenever I hike or walk I carry a bag with me. When I find acorns, hickory nuts, beechnuts, apples, pears, cherries or even maple seeds I fill the bag. Then I take it to a brushy area that is underutilized and scatter them amongst the brush. I try to guess areas that won't be developed like hedge rows and property lines, steep stream banks. Couple of times I've cleaned the maple seeds out of my gutters and moved sprouts to open vacant fields. If you throw them into brushy areas, the brush acts as a natural deer block and the sprouts actually have a chance. I done this as a hobby for 20+ years. I'd like to think some of the small trees along the trails I walk are from my efforts. If one in 10,000 seeds I've thrown grows into a mature tree it will have been worth it.

As a goofy side note, as I look for seeds in the more formal parks, I'm up about $40 in coin change, returnable bottle & cans plus a really cool Swiss Army knife and a watch. Some people also have to pick up after their dogs.

Wife says some of my best friends are nuts,