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Indeed I have. It's certainly impressive, which is all the more reason it's an example to try and overshoot. I'd like to think my first attempt isn't that shabby, but I got tired of cutting down trees which is why my second attempt is near a tree hungry community. In any case, I wouldn't mind combining my efforts with others in order to convert the world into a giant forest.

I'll hope you don't close off town too much, but I can accept it if you do. Living a few screens away from town affords me the space I enjoy, though I don't interact with others in-game very often as a result. Nevertheless, I'd like to grow my forest near people who'll utilize it properly, and one of my associates has apparently taken to leaving urns full of candles at any candelabra she can find. We also like walking through town occasionally to see how things change over time, so it'd be ashame if the place was gated off to us neighbor-folk, but understandable.

I would like to announce that the forest I've been growing to the northwest of town is now serviceable; *would* like to, but someone just cleared out 10%-20% of the saplings, as well as the tree I was getting half of my cones from. The rest of the trees are between the sapling and intermediate stage, and most have been "transplanted" to forest tiles, so the first trees should reach full growth by the end of the week assuming they aren't cut down early.

Anyhow, I'll post this announcement early in the hopes it gets a few townsfolk suspicious of sapling choppers in the area: Feel free to take whatever lumber and game you may find. There is no need to replant what you cut down. I only ask two things: Let the trees grow to their final stage before chopping, and don't replace forest tiles (unless they're overgrowing a road or some such). At an estimated average output of 140 trees per week and growing, I'm hoping I can provide for most of the town's lumber needs (provided sapling choppers don't wreck production). (Again, this is posted early. Trees won't be ready for a couple more days.)

Now a message for any new players (reposted from the official forums): Chopping down trees still in the sapling stage is one of the most shortsighted things you can do. You don't even get lumber from it. Please wait for trees to grow to their final stage before chopping. If you want LP, get pottery, find a clay pit in a mud flats (brown area), and make lots of tea pots, mugs, and the like. You don't even have to burn them in a kiln to get the points.