No Country for Bold Men

[Haironyourchest]

On 12/06/2022 at 08:59, Paul in the woods said:

Indeed it is, and it doesn't end with planting you've got to look after the trees which means deer and squirrel control so I look forward to the Guardian encouraging that.

 

If we genuinely don't have people to become professional tree planters perhaps some of the office bound Guardian readers could put down their iPads and volunteer a bit? Get them out of the home office and get them some proper exercise in the real world?

 

That's from an ex office worked who's planted quite a few trees without any pay, grants etc.

 

They should catch the male deer and squirrels and give them vasectomies.

[scotspine1]

They’ve changed the headline on the original story. Tree climbing and tree planting are two very different things. 
 

 

[Guest Gimlet]

They probably don't understand that you don't actually climb trees to plant them.

[Mr. Squirrel]

“John Parker, the chief executive of the Arboriculture Association, said: “The trouble is that people do not know what arboriculture is. Schoolchildren don’t say ‘when I grow up I want to be an arboriculturalist’. We need to change that.”

 

I liked this bit. Perhaps if the AA did a decent job people would know what arb was. 
 

 

[Dan Maynard]

"Girls make phenomenal train drivers: call for more staff to work in ticket offices."

 

"Girls make phenomenal bricklayers: call for more electricians to install smart meters."

 

Clearly the people writing the headline have no idea about arb and forestry either.

[Haironyourchest]

The Guardian's always good for a chuckle anyway.