I was cutting yesterday without my chaps on. Today I will be wearing them. Thanks for the reminder and I hope your leg recovers quickly.
I think it is possible to transplant the oak. Dig up as much of the roots as possible after the leaves have fallen. Transplant carefully,...
Are you going to burn that this winter? You have some work ahead.
I cut, split, stack regardless of the season. I seem to go in spurts with a bunch of work getting done for a few weeks, then a long gap.
I burn wood partially to save money and partially because I like it. So when the cost of alternative heating (in my case, electric) goes down, I...
He isn't sure what type of tree it is, but he is right that it is very good firewood. Black Locust.
That thing is gonna be tough to split. There are a million branches and each one is attached to a point way inside the trunk, so each one is a...
I have split a lot of pine recently. It was Scots Pine, to be specific, but the straight pieces without knots split as easily as any wood I have...
Yeah, that is Hawthorn. They should have some flowers and small fruits like crabapples, but maybe those trees aren't mature enough. Depending on...
Sugar Maple and Pignut Hickory, or maybe another hickory that would be so similar you won't care about the difference. There are about four or...
I bet Black Locust will grow in ND. I don't think the winter temps will be a problem, but maybe you have a shorter growing season, and that might...
Gunny mentioned getting the fire to 800 or 1000 degrees. That is different than getting the stovetop to 800 degrees. What is the temperature in...
Mossycup (Bur) Oak. If it is Mossycup then the old acorn caps should be distinctive. Can you find any old acorn caps under the tree? They should...
I'd say Elm - Siberian Elm.
Red Maple. I can't see the leaves very clearly in this picture, but the tree appears to be setting seeds now. Sugar and Black Maples set seed in...
The neighbor is a thief. Fixed income is no excuse for stealing or laziness, and being retired means he has lots of time to cut his own firewood....
There is value in cutting trees in a crowded woodlot, even if you can't process all the downed trees. Thinning allows the remaining trees more...
Yeah, Looks like Red Elm to me.
I agree, Honey Locust. The thornless, domesticated kind, but wood is the same as the wild ones.
I can't zoom in on the picture enough to see if it is oak (there should be medullary rays if it is oak), but it looks like Bur Oak to me. I don't...
