Trees nature's air conditioner.

[Shanti]

I never lived in house totally surrounded by trees. My new place is in a pine grove.

The pines are amazing. The temps are nearing 90 outside in the shade. There isn't a cloud in the sky. Out if the fields you melt. But in the house its comfortable and outside in the cover of the pines its actually cool!!!!
I went and sat in the shade of one of the out buildings and its hot!!
When I moved to the shade in the pine grove, wow...natural air conditioning for real.
This is the first time I don't wish nor need air conditioning!!!:boing::boing::boing:

I have one small fan blowing in the house to circulate the air since there is no breeze today and thats all I need. Its great!!!

I never experienced living in a home surrounded by pine trees before and its wonderful.

Trees do help keep a house cool. :)

I always wished when I walked in the woods in summer that I could have the coolness of the woods at home, now I do.

Plant trees!!! Lots of trees!! Surround your home in wonderful trees. :)

On a winter note:
I didnt have snow piled up around the house. The pines blocked the snow from blowing in. Everywhere outside of the pines we have several feet of snow, 5 feet throughout our 1/4 mile long driveway. Must plant pines along the driveway too. :)

[Fairy_Princess]

I'll stick with my Electric AC for now. Trees make me sneeze.

[KageMori]

I know how you feel about the trees keeping everything cooler and stuff because i used to live in a house that had one large tree covering our eniter yard front and back and some other smaller trees and also some shade from bushes and things. I used to love to go outside because there always seemed to be a breeze and it was some much cooler outside.
I dont do that as much anymore because the house i live in now has ZERO trees or bushes and is just boiling outside. Im not sure whether or not i can plant trees in my yard now because we use a ceptic tank and i dont know whether or not the tree roots would grow into the tank and maybe bust it.

[Shanti]

I know how you feel about the trees keeping everything cooler and stuff because i used to live in a house that had one large tree covering our eniter yard front and back and some other smaller trees and also some shade from bushes and things. I used to love to go outside because there always seemed to be a breeze and it was some much cooler outside.
I dont do that as much anymore because the house i live in now has ZERO trees or bushes and is just boiling outside. Im not sure whether or not i can plant trees in my yard now because we use a ceptic tank and i dont know whether or not the tree roots would grow into the tank and maybe bust it.It all depends. I have a septic tank and a point well.
My water table is high here (I'm on a river) so trees dont need to search for water. In fact its the trees that tell you there is water! :)
Closer to the aquifer, the trees grow faster and bigger.

You would have to know what the water table is and where. Our tables run from 20ft below the surface on the highest areas of our land to 2 feet in the lower areas to 0 in the marsh and at the river level. :hahugh:

[Hærfest Leah]

I love lots of trees too, at our last house in Missouri we had none and the 95 deg heat beating all over our house. We planted some but they won't be of help to anyone for many more years.

[Lolair]

I used to live on farm in the desert and we were one of the very few farms that had trees planted all around our house and a couple outbuildings. It would reach temperatures so high in the summer the power would go out, and you would feel like you were melting - but inside the house or in the hammock under all the trees you could forget the hot weather... It was sweet. Another bonus to trees surrounding a house is that they also keep it warmer in the winter time! So not only do you save on you AC bill, you save on your heating bill as well. Trees rock!

[ap Dafydd]

Only issue around trees being close to the house is that they can affect its stability. Trees take up a lot of water which can cause subsidence and their roots can also affect your foundations, can lead to expensive bills if you're not careful.

Provided they're not going to make the place fall down, I agree absolutely with the benefits - plus it means that you are providing shelter and support for the communities of birds and other creatures that live in the trees!

gwyn eich byd

Ffred

[MoonDust]

The last house we were renting was surrounded by trees -a pain in the Fall, but wonderful in the summer.
We had to move and now this place doesn't have ONE tree.
We’re roasting!

[aniraangel]

One of the family homes the next town over has trees and plants a lot of the way round, it's usually cool, but they aren't very big. We always have trees, but not always a lot of them.

[wrenjamin]

Thats awesome Shanti! Now I'm going to look for a house surrounded by pines...:)

[Garnet]

I have a beautiful pine tree that shades the front of my house, & it's always filled with birds in nice weather.
Unfortunately, the tree has to come down. Squirrels use it to get to my roof & have chewed into my attic; I can't keep them out while their 'highway' exists. And the roots are starting to dig into the foundation.
My bedroom & library face the south, they're going to be so hot in the summer without the tree.