Thats cool. I did know Sweden and Norway had something similiar, but did not know Scotland and the others. I did not bring those up, as i dont know how similiar they are.
Also i did not say anything that anybody should be planting apple trees anywhere. I was just saying what Freedom to roam is in Finland as i tought it was somehow revelant to the post.
Just think of how often you see buckets of apples labeled “omenoita ilmaseksi!” in the fall.
Im thinkin really hard, but i dont think i have ever seen sign that says that, but every now and then when there is good year my relatives tell me to come and pick the ones they cant bother to juice or make jelly.
Again, im not saying cities should be planting fruit trees, but just for an discussion i am going to argue for it.
I think you are somewhat hyperboling the messines of the trees. Of course if every single road side is covered with fruit trees its messy, but one or two trees in a public park could very well be nice. Even if nobody would eat any apples and they all would drop in the ground it would take what, an hour for city worker to clean it up. Cityworkers spends allready days on every autum cleaning leafs and redying the other plants for the winter. Few man hours in a year for keeping the trees well cut and cleaning any leftover fruits would not effect any city budgetwise.
I will also argue pre-emptivelly that eaten apple cores would not be big problem either. Atleast where i live, people bring their own snacks to the parks and they usually dont leave any garbage behind as long as there are enough thras cans nearby. Another argument could also be that it does not have to be messy plants. Where i live there are red- and blackcurrant bushes in park. I have also seen walnut trees in many countries (but as a dog owner i have to say in real life im against those, and as far trees go they are not really that clean trees) Also there are few towns here i know that has free community gardes, where city offers the tools and spaces and people can grow potatoes, carrots, peas or what ever they want aslongs as they being their seeds (and its not illegal). I would say in areas like those apple or pear tree would fit nicely.
If i wanted to argue against the fruit trees in public i would rather argue that many of them are heavy pollinators and especially in autum they will attract lots of bees and wasps.
Both pollen and stinging insects at public places are bad for allergic people.
Thats cool. I did know Sweden and Norway had something similiar, but did not know Scotland and the others. I did not bring those up, as i dont know how similiar they are.
Also i did not say anything that anybody should be planting apple trees anywhere. I was just saying what Freedom to roam is in Finland as i tought it was somehow revelant to the post.
Im thinkin really hard, but i dont think i have ever seen sign that says that, but every now and then when there is good year my relatives tell me to come and pick the ones they cant bother to juice or make jelly.
Again, im not saying cities should be planting fruit trees, but just for an discussion i am going to argue for it.
I think you are somewhat hyperboling the messines of the trees. Of course if every single road side is covered with fruit trees its messy, but one or two trees in a public park could very well be nice. Even if nobody would eat any apples and they all would drop in the ground it would take what, an hour for city worker to clean it up. Cityworkers spends allready days on every autum cleaning leafs and redying the other plants for the winter. Few man hours in a year for keeping the trees well cut and cleaning any leftover fruits would not effect any city budgetwise.
I will also argue pre-emptivelly that eaten apple cores would not be big problem either. Atleast where i live, people bring their own snacks to the parks and they usually dont leave any garbage behind as long as there are enough thras cans nearby. Another argument could also be that it does not have to be messy plants. Where i live there are red- and blackcurrant bushes in park. I have also seen walnut trees in many countries (but as a dog owner i have to say in real life im against those, and as far trees go they are not really that clean trees) Also there are few towns here i know that has free community gardes, where city offers the tools and spaces and people can grow potatoes, carrots, peas or what ever they want aslongs as they being their seeds (and its not illegal). I would say in areas like those apple or pear tree would fit nicely.
If i wanted to argue against the fruit trees in public i would rather argue that many of them are heavy pollinators and especially in autum they will attract lots of bees and wasps. Both pollen and stinging insects at public places are bad for allergic people.