Had a most interesting couple of days.
We did some ash tree graft stock harvesting for the University of Copenhagen last year and the year before.
They are trying to save the ash trees by finding resistant trees and making a seed plantation from graft stock.
Now the biggest private forestry management company in the country decided to give it a try as well. BIG bucks to be made by selling resistant ash trees after the blight has killed all the others.
Apparently the climbers they hired weren't up for the task, and things were going way too slow.
So they contacted the university to find out how they'd done it.
My contact there called me and said he'd given them my number and that they were seriously running out of time, with spring arriving, so I could probably just name my price.
So when they called and asked for help, I told them I'd have to rescedule a lot of jobs and that that would cost them.
No problem.
I also asked a high hourly rate.
No problem.
So Richard and I went out and climbed ash trees for 2 days, making good money, while seeing some pretty out of the way forests.
Now they want us to go to Bornholm, a rocky island in the Baltic, to harvest from selected trees.
They offered to pay for travel, a place to stay , everything.
This will be like going on a paid vacation, almost.
We asked for 3 days to complete the job and figure we can work long days and finish in two, then have a paid day on the island before going home.
If the weather is good, that should be awesome
