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Sugar Maple

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    No rain yet here. Still watering big time. Maybe some in a couple days....I hope.
     
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  2. thewoodlands

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    Firewood Hoarders Club , it looks like this will get on the schedule before the middle of next week, I'll beat the heat by starting early.

    We haven't added much beech to our wood inventory this year but the sugar maple is making up for it.
     
  3. SolarandWood

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    Heat? I almost lit a fire a few days ago:loco: :crazy:
     
  4. thewoodlands

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    We did, it dropped to 38 in our area.
     
  5. thewoodlands

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    Another day of very heavy pollen, send a heavy rain Mrs. Backwoods Savage rain goddess.
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  6. thewoodlands

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    This smaller but easy to work with Sugar Maple had a widowmaker for about two years which finally came down, it's on the list.
     

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  7. papadave

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    The list is slowly growing.........
     
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  8. thewoodlands

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    I'm thinking the bigger Sugar Maple across the trail will get bucked up tomorrow before it gets hot which means someone will hear a chainsaw early in the morning.
     
  9. thewoodlands

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    I bucked up most of this Maple, the bigger part 102_0170.JPG next to the tree will be pulled away because the main trunk of the damaged tree is very weak and dangerous.

    I did bring one trailer load home, I was out of the woods by eleven.
     

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    Well, now you can just about cross that one off the list, eh?
    One load is plenty.
     
  11. thewoodlands

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    I will be hauling some junky pine to the town wood dump tomorrow but maybe after that I can get another two loads of Maple out.
     
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    Well, she did some work and we got 3/4" of rain. Not sure if you'll get any of that or not!
     
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  13. thewoodlands

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    Can you ask Mrs. Backwoods Savage if she can do a dance in really short shorts that will send us about two inches of rain, please report back in ten minutes with her answer. :zip:
     
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    Her answer: "My knees and hips don't dance anymore." But I like the idea anyway, rain or no rain.
     
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    Drinking use to help me, get her drunk!
     
  16. Backwoods Savage

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    I'll have to try that one.
     
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  17. thewoodlands

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    I decided to haul out one load early this morning, we have some bigger stuff left that will get split back in the woods before I bring it out.
     

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