Forester stocks the earth with new plots of hardwood

SWEDESBURG - Geode Forestry recently was transplanted from Burlington's Winegard Drive to the more sylvan settings of the Henry County town of Swedesburg. But the move has not slowed 7-year-old company's growth or prevented it from offering a full package of forestry services to southeast Iowa and west-central Illinois landowners.

Owner Bob Petrzelka uprooted Geode Forestry from its incubator parent, Geode Industries, in 1989 and now provides tree-planting services, timber sales and appraisals, forest management, as well as forestry consulting services for both private and government customers.