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  1. Chud

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    Scored an oddball today. It’s got some mean bark.
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    Chud, May 22, 2024
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  2. Eric Wanderweg

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    That’s an oddball for sure. What’s the DBH? I saw in a database that there’s one planted in SE Connecticut, but it looks to be shrub-sized.
     
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  3. Chud

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    Maybe 12”
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    Chud, May 22, 2024
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  4. John D

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    IMG_1965.png Could it be
     
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  5. The Wood Wolverine

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    Pineapple Express!
     
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  6. Chud

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    Chud, May 22, 2024
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    I'm jealous. I want to be able to say I'm burning monkey.
     
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    Weird. Should call that a shark tree.
     
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    We have a couple huge monkey puzzle trees nearby. <60’ feet tall. One is at a mansion previously owned by the Rainier Beer family.
     
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    Wow, crazy looking thing! Never even heard of it before!
     
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    That is a new one on me. Maybe it's nickname is Ugly?!
     
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  12. Chud

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    Future Avocado firewood
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    John D, May 23, 2024
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    Sounds too much like monkey pox to me, I’d stay away…
     
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    Another odd one...never heard of it before.

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    brenndatomu, May 28, 2024
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    Timberdog, May 28, 2024
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    Can you imagine what kind of cool woodworking projects you could make out of that
     
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