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After we had removed the four "D's" we looked at improving the stand by removing tress so that there was a 4' space or ring around the crown of a "keeper" crop tree.

This would allow the sunlight to reach the forest floor and would help naturally generated new tree seeds grow.

A 4' ring of space at the crown means any tree whose branches were in this "keeper" tree's crown had to be removed. At ground level this meant we'd be removing a lot of wood. But when done and walking through this created forest, it was quite beautiful.

And we were taught that the remaining "keeper" trees would grow 10 faster as there was less competition for sunlight, and ground water.

Jim Rogers