Ive got locust logs that have been sitting for a decade. Clink like bowling pins, no bark at all. Hot fire and they will last all night, even when its -3° like it was here last night. I save it for really cold nights.
Have you established any trails in your woodlot yet Woodsman? I remember you posting pics from your quad and that was one thing you were going to do in order to harvest from your own property.
Yes sir. This past summer I spent a good deal of time clearing a stretch of the old logging road behind the house and then widening my foot trails up the hill. Was a lot of work for one guy with a Stihl bike handle brush cutter (I forget which model it is). Have full access with the ATV and trailer now.
I don’t think the stuff ever rots. Many leaning in my woods that have been there for decades. The old farmers used large diameter locusts for corner posts in their fields. They won’t bend when tightening fence and refuse to rot in the ground.
My mom has our family's Cooper tub that looks exactly like that. She keeps old newspapers in it , hidden under junk. I keep telling her that I want that copper tub for my artisinal firewood by the fireplace. To me that tub is a family heirloom. I doubt either of my brothers would want it, or appreciate it like we would.
I received ours from my folks last year, it has always been presented on our living room fireplace hearth growing up, and used for storing various stuff. My mom told me one of her great uncles actually worked at the company that produced the one we have, and that he had built/produced this very one, so there’s some added history to it. I dig it!
You are one blessed guy, my friend. Great grab. Wish I could get some seed pods down here. I would plant some
At some point. All the locust pods that fell this fall are under snow right now. 50° tomorrow though...
I finally got a couple free minutes today this is one of my log piles for the mill locust on the left what I cannot use for lumber goes in the stove JB some of the logs are 18ft everything left of the green end sealed oak is locust
