There's a lot of good stuff here. Soilguy, we're moving to a small block and your comments are much appreciated. As an aside, I'm pretty sure radiata pine came originally from California. It's certainly not native to NZ. Grows faster here than in its home. I've worked as a labourer in forestry, both here and in Oz, so have planted thousands of them.

Wolfman wrote:

"But it's good solid material, doesn't warp, bend or crack."

It took a lot of selective breeding and cloning to produce that though.

Last edited by terrytnewzealand; 04/30/07 11:33 PM.