Thanks for the compliment…
Just me trying to descriptive about what I see around me.
I was in part trying to describe a northern winter and how three plus months of temps seldom above freezing, do affect both the trees and forestry. Having spent last winter in Virginia, and a couple more a few years back in a house that literally straddled the Blue Ridge Divide, I have some sense of how different and yet how the same things can be.
Spent part of this past winter in Wisconsin, and was a little surprised to learn it is colder than here but sees less snow. Winter plays heavily into the forest economy there also, (even spent some time felling) As a for instance the Tamaracks, when the wet ground that supports them is frozen is the only viable time to harvest.
I even spoke to folks there (granted very green folks) who suggested that it was ecologically irresponsible to log in northern climes when the ground was not frozen.
