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RE: Am I harvesting wood sustainably or will I eventually run out?
I did a quick check on aspen growth facts (I was comparing them to our alders) and aspens are pretty aggressive trees! Like our alders they grow really fast and are excellent for repopulating what you take out but with some care, even though you either cut down or have a bunch of aspens drop each year you can still basically have the "same tree" for hundreds of years because it and all it's closest buddies are on the same root system. That is pretty cool and scary all at the same time. It's obvious that Trump isn't the only one with a plan for World Domination.
yes, aspen is aggressive trees. But we also have spruce, pine, willow, birch and a whole bunch of other verities to look after as well. In fact, the aspen tree is the one that the pulp industry modified (GMO) tree to plant for pulp harvest. It is supposed to be sterile but my heart tells me that it will cross pollinate with the verieties here and cause all kinds of problems. They are also modified to grow VERY fast. They can be harvested as full grown trees in 20 - 25 years.