In this lovely part of my forest, you can already see that the alders that were planted in 2012 have started growing into lovely trees!
Do you drive a car? Do you ride planes? Do you eat fancy fruit & veg that have been flown in from exotic locations? Do you wear clothes that were manufactured on the other side of the earth? Do you commute? Do you live in a flat with no room for anything larger than a yucca plant?
I just love the shape, pattern and colour of alder leaves!
Are you worried about your carbon footprint?
Do you wish there was an easy way to alleviate your guilt?
What if I told you – there is!
Seedlings of larch (the light ones at the top) and alder.
This year I have planted 1,000 black alder (Alnus glutinosa) and 30 siberian larch (Larix sibirica) seedlings. They’re all 1 year old and you now have the chance to buy one or more!
Trees are the best and easiest way to bind carbon, and you hardly have to do anything.
Finding out how large your emissions are, isn’t easy. Apparently, a flight from Berlin to New York requires 11 trees although I have heard that 7 trees will (in their lifetime) bind the carbon emissions that one person driving one car (7,000 km/year) releases.
I am therefore offering you the chance to buy one or more seedlings. I’ll tag the tree with your name and send you yearly updates on its progress (and not to worry, if it dies, you’ll get a replacement tree). I also have some older alder trees (planted in ’07 and ’12) if you prefer to have a larger tree.
20 NOK = $2.50 = £2 (roughly)
And the price? Cheaper than in your local nursery! Cheaper than a pint of beer!
It’s easy, too. If you’re in Norway, you can Vipps 119276.
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Young alder trees make me smile 🙂
Moose don’t really like the taste of alder, although they do sometimes like to nibble. Can’t say I blame them, they look really tempting!
The best boots for planting baby trees? Pink, leopard-spotted glittery ones, of course.
Crates of baby trees ready for planting
As this is the first batch of larch trees, I don’t have grown ones to show off – but many of the seedlings were marked with orange, so I can keep track of them!
Happy trees!!!