I've been sitting on this pile of Honey Locust since 2012. then got some more (smaller dia stuff) in 2015. I kept meaning to process it but I kept putting it off cause it takes 3-4 years to season enough to burn in an owb, IME. I've always just barely been able to cut enough wood for next year. so the ground finally froze enough that I can start working on this HL. I kept the logs stacked up off the ground all these years. just a side note Honey locust and black locust are not even in the same species family. I laid out all the logs yesterday. this one clearly started going punky. I snapped this pic yesterday before dark here is the pile of logs. the bark fell off last year. after bucking I got them lined up ready to split some cool spalting in this one. this cherry is cut 12 inches long for a certain customer with a small insert. I don't normally sell much or give special treatment, but he throws me a few extra bucks. so I take care of him. I split up this cherry. but forgot to get a pic. mushrooms anyone? looks like this one started to get punky too. but its mostly good. here is the pile of split honey locust. more pics to come.
then I got some more laid out. and bucked and ready to split. got em all split and in a pile. that's all for now. thanks for viewing.
Good work. I would have never thought honey locust would last that long without being split. Glad you got some good wood out of it. Bug really like it around here.
I think keeping it up off the ground helped. the bugs really like it here too. but it seems they eat up the sap wood for a few months then leave. Idk why.
