A few weeks ago, we lost another coast live oak to a windstorm. It's down in the dingle, just up the draw from our little cabin. One that fell last season is right across the creek. I've been working on it the last few weeks. So, I have more wood to cut, and, I hope, more to mill with my chainsaw mill.
That's a nice big piece of wood. I hope it's not too difficult to get at, and get out. I wish I had a dingle and a draw.
You might have a dingle and not even know it. I didn't know I did until I read One Man's Meat, by E.B. White. He was at a tent revival in a hardwood dingle...
Looks like it could have been a old tree. Not much of a root ball on it. Some oak slabs would be nice.
A dingle?! I'll bet those are a real test to cut up and split. Never saw too many straight pieces on live oak that I've seen. Most also seem to have more branches than a pin oak. However, I hear it makes excellent firewood. Now if you can get it out of the dingle... What are the berries?
from /www.merriam-webster.com Definition of dingle : a small wooded valley : dell From www.dictionary.com Dingle: [ding-guh l] noun 1. a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell. Origin of dingle 1200-1250 1200-50; Middle English: a deep dell, hollow; akin to Old English dung dungeon, Old High German tunc cellar Ergo, I have a dingle. Actually my wife and I have a dingle
You guys beat me to it. I was going to ask what type of berries are growing down there in the right side of the pic. I assume they must be “dingle berries”, since, y’know..
Hope they are not dingle berries. EDIT: Whoops Shawn, I didn't see your post before typing the above.
These are drying in the greenhouse, from the tree across the creek. Monterey cypress log waiting to be milled:
Those would be toyon berries, AKA Christmas berry or California holly. We also have native blackberry and strawberries growing down there.
Probably. We've lived here ~25 years, and I notice that we lose a tree mostly after dry seasons followed by a wet one, when the storm winds are opposite of the prevailing wind. The stressed trees suck up water and get heavy, and then high winds from the direction they are not accustomed to can blow them over. Last season was the really wet one after several years of drought, so there you go.
We're about to get really wet over the next few days so there could be more trees down. Wetter down your way than up here in North county. I'll be on the hunt for down trees after the storm. -scott
Yeah. We had thunder a bit ago. Check my weather at wx.sloweather.com. Lightning on my tracker at San Luis Obispo, California Lightning Tracker. In Paso, you can use one of my Weatherelement stations, Paso Robles - Rowan's
