Down in the Dumps...until i Scored This Mulberry!

Had to make a recycling/dump run to get rid of recycling and get some compost. Pulled around back to the wood area and found this...mulberry. Freshly dumped, not all muddy or dirty, decent straight grained and most cut to my 16" size (ill tolerate 14-17") to boot. Back up and load. Took my time loading and digging through the chips for more.
Wasnt expecting to come home with this much, maybe a face cord. Usually a 1/4 PU full at best.
Couple pieces of cherry thrown in the mix

Got home and split what didn't need bucking. Dewpoint was 74* earlier today. Good breeze blowing and some showers from the tropical storm. Split very easily with the Fiskars.
Wood needing to be cut.
Wood, brush and chips piles.

 

Can’t have enough mulberry!

 

Most ive ever scored at once. Scarce tree around here. I can count on one hand the number ive seen in the area. With this ill have maybe a half cord.
Guy at the dump says, "you love that yellow wood". My last load from there was mulberry and black locust.

 

Man, you know how to hit gold! About 10 years ago I cleared a 1/4 acre lot on my mother’s property that was almost ALL Mulberry. Back then I didn’t have the slightest clue of the firewood value. I processed most of it, saved it for a while for campfire wood, and ended up giving it to a coworker who burned wood for heat exclusively. He was practically foaming at the mouth when I showed up with all that Mulberry and at the time I didn’t know why. Now I’m really kicking myself for being so clueless. Then again, he was hitting retirement age and I’m sure very appreciative that a 20 something year old kid brought him load after truckload of premium BTUs. Hopefully when I’m in the twilight of my career some kid will show up with several truckloads of Locust or Oak for me

 

Was that in Connecticut? Ones ive seen are few and far between and cant imagine that much in one area!
Another wood ive recently come to appreciate.

 

Nice score Brad! What was that other orange wood in the background, in the last pic?

 

No mulberry here, never saw it.
How does it burn? Smell nice like apple ?

 

Yep, right in Bristol. My mother’s house was originally built by Italian immigrants who had a small orchard on the property. There were massive grape vines, berries, gardens, and at one point goats and small livestock up there. For whatever reason there were a lot of Mulberry trees cultivated too. Maybe they used them in wine making along with the grapes? The whole lot got neglected when they grew too old to take care of it, and by the time my mother bought the house it was a huge thick mass of trees covered with vines. I went in and clear cut everything over the course of a summer.

 

Nice score Brad! Are they cool with people taking the larger rounds? It's been awhile since I've been there. I think they used to have a sign about the size limits on brush. I thought they had a separate pile for the big stuff. Not that people follow directions much these days...

 

I didnt walk over there as it was to the immediate right and i was on a mulberry mission!
Looks like beech???
Normally i scrounge a few logs of different species but this was some primo stuff for the dump.

 

scarce around here IME. Better btu's than sugar maple or beech. I have yet to burn any as its new to me this year (thanks FHC) Minimal aroma fresh split. Ive been told it spits a lot when burning. I saved a couple thin cookies to try in the firepit soon.

 

B***, just can't help but rub it in. All this Locust and Mulberry...

 

I got a few that grow either too close to the house or garage that I trim down every once in a while. This is a few sticks off one I cut up last fall and took a pic this spring.

Nice score Brad.

 

New company took over the contract last October. Guy that runs it is cool. Got in good with him right away. His name is Dan. He offered for me to cut even which i havent. Normally the place is busy with folks dumping brush, landscapers getting mulch etc. Yesterday it wasnt and it was close to closing time. If you go drive around the back side of the brush pile to scrounge. This is where commercial companies dump wood, brush, chips etc.
I would ask first if not be very discreet taking some logs.

 

sorry Steph. Rare scrounge for me. The wood gods were smiling down on me yesterday!

 

Wait Bradley ! That's no "mulberry or locust according to Mr. Woodporn.
Looks more like Yellow Birch.

 

Nice score there, buddy. I've never g gotten any mulberry either. Do have one tree on the edge of the woodyard that has a nice dead limb on it, migjt be my first...
That is a lot of wood in those piles...

 

Bucked the rounds this morning. Cool looking sawdust.
split em this afternoon. All the 16" splits from the load.
and the nuggets and shorts of course.
I love this stuff. Splits easier than ash or red oak. Even the gnarlies were easy.

 

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, what is in the air in that southern state of CT ?
All these woodpornites in a state with so many refugees running north that there may not be enough to pay those exorbitant taxes.
" How dare you" (Greta Thumberg ) !!!

 

When you see them, let 'em be...the birds will plant more for you...and they grow like weeds! Literally, I have some in the flowerbeds that I have cut off 4-5 times...just keep growing back! They gonna get some Tordon next time!