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Location DB > Greece > Attica > Athens > Galatsi Limekiln > May 2005 Visit > p5182782.jpeg 40 / 51   p5182782.jpeg Description The end product was fed to this silo here, where lorries could load it up and take it to its destination. Quicklime is used a lot in traditional Greek building. Where I was born, the council would limewash the first four feet of the bark of all the trees every spring for some obscure reason. In fact, if you've seen postcards of Greek islands, the white walls are all limewashed. Controls Return to Main Location Page Return to Gallery Overview Edit this Gallery Edit this Picture Subscribe this Picture Comments Posted by Emperor Wang 5/20/2005 11:29 PM | remove   The limewashing of the bark might've been done to discourage rodents from munching on it. Posted by SoupMeister 5/22/2005 7:56 PM | remove   Very likely. Also, mediterranean pines are home to a very nasty caterpillar. When they break out of their cocoons in the spring, the entire country is crawling with caterpillars. Not a happy sight, and the little buggers have mildly poisonous hairs on them, too. You can get mild skin irritations from touching them. Councils probably whitewashed the pines to discourage these things from going down the trees (in vain, usually). http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1232003 Posted by SoupMeister 5/22/2005 7:56 PM | remove   Ye gods, I must be tired. This comment reads like it was written by a five year old. Off to bed with me. Posted by IIVQ 5/23/2005 5:31 PM | remove   Ah. In parts of the Netherlands they have huge problems with the oak version of that cattie. They spray all the trees along public places in spring to discourage the beasts from being here. If you'd like to add a comment, please login or register. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 468 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 739806998 pages have been generated.