Road America planted a few black locust trees in the inside of turn 5 by the parking area. Beautiful trees, especially when flowering like they are now. BL are very spotty in this state as to where they are. Some areas down south and central they are all over the place, and others, like around the corner and town I live there are only planted honey locust. The flowers really are nice, and I saw a few bees going back and forth to them.
Do they have a sweet smell? I don't get the chance to smell so i wondered since folks do say the honey locust is a fragrant one
I've never sniffed my yard tree honey locust while in bloom. The ones at the race track, all I smelled was beer.
Sorry to derail the thread, but how are your ends held up in this picture? T posts inside the pallets? I use a couple 2x4 ends nailed into the gap between upper and lower pallet boards as nailers, then run a diagonal brace from end pallet to base pallet. You can see it here, despite my poor photography.
Actually I just have lots of good placed screws but looks like I'll be getting the 2x4's out before I get much further now that I have the stacks started but not high. Since most of the pallets are irregular plus my 2x4 material..im making do with what I usually have but in this case its all same pallets here so might as well just spend on the 2x4's and make it hold.
I just used three-quarter inch pieces of pallet wood for the angle supports, screwed them into the ends of the pallet two-by-fours on the uprights
Yeah Used the 2x4 parts from pallets on the other ones, use whatever scrap you can find that fits your needs, nothing fancy or time-consuming there just firewood racks
The black locusts flower early here, and are typically found in large groves. They also tend to flower sporadically, so you might not get flowers every year or even two years, probably depends on weather. However, the beekeepers place swarms and hives in locust groves every year hoping that the trees will flower. When they do, they do so spectacularly and you can smell the blooms from a mile away. If you ever get the opportunity to try pure black locust honey, it's worth it. The honey is a very pale yellow, much lighter than anything you'll find in the supermarket. It is also sweeter than "regular" honey, with no sharpness or aftertaste. Very smooth and mild. Local beekepers do not mix it with other honey because there is such a large demand for pure black locust honey. I will buy 10# or more when I know the locusts have bloomed.
Hey BigPapi, took your advice just at the right time. Not the first time ive done this but the weight was apparent on the pallet. So got this set up. How she look?
Gonna do the other side soon. Just when it gets closer to filling in. Got the same two alike for the other side too.
I finally got the rest of the load split and stacked yesterday evening, we were expecting some rain so thats why the covering. Trailer is 3/4 of cord. I brought home extra in the back of the SUV but not enough to give it the full cord. Splitting this Black locust has given me some odd smells. One is the Dr Pepper spicy smell. The other its hard to really pick it out but either it smells like you're a pier or boat dock near the salt water or straight up Ketchup. Really interesting. There is very Mild rot involved in this batch but I noticed that the stuff on the ground in the pile may be in poor shape, (hollowed out or starting to become dirt in the middle) but it doesn't appear worse for wear yet. If it does, then I'll keep some of that at my parents. Well on with the next load. Now I live in WASHINGTON. The point to that is we're pretty mild. Maybe only using constant heat for 4 months out of the year. I am in no means of an expert in wood prices for cord, 1/2 or the like. Illegal for the term truckload if selling. Read the regs. The problem is that I really dont know how to put a price to this. Without extending this too long, I saw a wood seller(professional it seems) selling ALDER, read that A-L-D-E-R for $550 a cord. I damm near chit my pants. Don't ask me how much he wanted for connifers or even madrona. Either way that was a lousy search but its not often I come by an ad to show how the market works. Also since im not in any hurry to sell I might as well stay patient.
