Still working on bringing my tree ID skills up to par ... of course, with winter and where I hoard, its only logs and bark so I'll never have leaves or anything else to help. Stumbled on this ... im guessing Osage Orange? Its a little brighter yellow than some of the black locust I just got and doesn't have the deep furrows and twisting/intersecting bark - but not sure if this one is too young.
I think it’s Osage. Wood looks similar to mulberry and sassafras’s, but the bark looks more consistent with Osage in my opinion. Nice looking stuff!
Based on my FHC education it is osage. I cant say ive ever seen any OO here in Connecticut. Thanks for the bark pictures as ive wondered what it looks like. Find any more, post pics. Welcome to the FHC BrownsBucks Great to have you! We love pics here!
Absotivly, posilutely osage, a.k.a. hedge. Hot stuff! Get all you can and don't melt your stove when you burn it. By the way, the stuff pops like a belt of .50 cal. in a burning tank.
That is Osage, throw it in a pile & forget about it for a few years. The older it is the better it burns. I am burning some now that were fence posts for about 35years.
Yes, they can last a long time as fence post. On our farm, all of my years growing up, and even until I was in my mid thirty's, my dad never used a steel fence post. Sometimes the staples would pull out of the wooden fence posts, and I remember more then once, he would comment "look at that bois d arc, pronounced (bo dark) (another name for Osage Orange), I put that post in over 30 years ago." And I remember telling him once, "yep, and I have re-stapled the wire to it, at least 3 times now, that I remember"
Welcome BrownsBucks from another newbie. I got to burn Osage I cut when clearing an old fence row about 10 years back. Great firewood. Look for the fruit in the summer. It's hard to miss. Maclura pomifera - Wikipedia
Its still green....but is it does have "less" moisture than most other woods.... But a few years is better....
No idea. I normally let it sit for a year but have burned it green with no issues. I know a guy in his 60s that has burned green his whole life. He just cuts what he needs for the year about September-October.
He must not be alone. I see numerous trailer loads of hedge drive by the house between September and October. Probably doing the same thing. Maybe no idea how much easier letting it sit for a year or two is for starting and burning. Im sure thats how they've always done it and how their dad did it too. What ever tickles their pickle I suppose.
I can’t say I’ve seen it myself. Not even sure how to spot one unless it’s fall and the tree has those “monkey balls” on it. If I do ever come across one in the wild it’ll be hard to fight back the urge to sample this highly coveted firewood
This is from a couple years ago : Here are the results of the Hedge MC after 24hrs inside the house @ 67 degrees. Pic #1 is an old fence post pulled out of a plum thicket & had been laying there for 30 plus years; Average reading Pic #2 is of a piece of Hedge cut 2 weeks prior. Average reading Pics #3 & #4 are of other old Hedge post that were cut up last winter & had been inside my machine shed since, readings were the high & low marks Pic #5 is of the meter on my hand for reference
I’ve only seen Osage on the Colorado, Kansas border while pheasant hunting. I was really excited about it. My buddies were baffled by my excitement That looks like what I’ve seen!
31% ain’t to shabby for being cut two weeks ago. I’ve never put a meter on it. It would be interesting to see how long it takes to get down that next 10%. Yeah. It’s a pretty common sight around here. I’d say it’s the majority of what Kansas thinks of as firewood. As far as getting too hot for the stove I’ve never had issues. But then again my stove is rated for coal too.
all this talk has me excited! hopefully its still sitting there waiting for me ... waiting for my truck to return from the shop!
