| "body"> | | | | greatly help when it comes time to harvest the |
| If you have a lot of extra land and don't know | | | | trees. |
| what to do with it, then let me suggest growing | | | | When you start to plant your trees plant them in |
| trees. With growing trees you can earn a small | | | | long straight rows. You should plant them fairly |
| income without having to do much work. | | | | close together without causing them to lose |
| Sometimes if you're lucky the government will | | | | sunlight. As they grow you will need to start |
| even help you pay or provide the trees as long | | | | thinning out the trees so that some of them can |
| as you keep them planted a certain amount of | | | | grow bigger and taller. |
| time. | | | | Some people will also burn out the underbrush in a |
| Now let us look at the types of trees to plant. | | | | controlled fire. This helps clear below the canopy |
| The most commonly used trees are pines. They | | | | of trees and will help strengthen them. |
| are fast growing, fairly hardy, and have good | | | | You can figure on at least 15 years per harvest |
| wood. They also have a fairly good chance of | | | | with periods in between where you thin trees and |
| surviving a controlled field burning. | | | | sell them off as wood or pulp. This is a long wait |
| To start off you should make sure your land can | | | | but it doesn't require much work and allows you |
| handle the trees. Check the soil for nutrients and | | | | to get that unused land earning income. You can |
| see if there is any chance of flooding. Natural | | | | also buy land with trees already on it and harvest |
| disasters ruin tons of crops every year and it's no | | | | them. This will help with the mortgage of the land |
| different for tree harvesters. Another good thing | | | | and will get the land clear. |
| to have is flat or only mildly hilly land. This will | | | | |