Box elder is one that can be a little tricky. It's in the maple family but has compound leaves like an ash. Since they both have opposite...
Mulberry has different leaves like sassafras as well. Good note on the pin oak branches pointing down. It looks a lot like shumard oak except...
There are a ton of tips to tree identification and sometimes you have to look at 2,3,4 or more things to get a positive ID, like was it found in a...
Sometimes you can spot elms from a great distance by a bleached out stripe of bark down the trunk. When an elm has a wound, the rain water will...
I don't have pictures but black walnut twigs have a chambered pith. Another distinct pith characteristic is the salmon colored pith of the...
If I hadn't had a leaf to look at, I would have sliced off a twig to look at the pith. Oaks have a star shaped pith. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I think...
While in the woods today, I took notice of a small white oak sapling that at first glance I thought was a cherry. I had to look at a couple of...
I have to clear a trail for the 4wheeler to get it hauled out. I hope I feel up to it tomorrow.
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With the holiday and a more than nagging cough, I’ve been idle enough to go a little stir crazy. So I took another shot of cough medicine and hit...
Nothing yet but my neighbor has an OWB so I might see if he can burn it.
That'll make a fella say a few weekend words!!
I’ve only ever had orange and white. I would like to try a French Brittany someday. I’ve had Britts for over 40yrs. They are great dogs. Yours are...
Here’s my two. Josie and Zeke. [ATTACH]
It has a few different names, hedge apple, Osage orange, bois d' arc. It's dense dense wood. Great firewood if you have a saw man enough to cut...
The turkey was an Aaron Franklin recipe from his book “Franklin Barbeque A Meat Smoking Manefesto”. -Heat smoker to 265 -Trim a 3-4lb turkey...
I'd like to see some pictures of that process.
yes! Good eye! The backstory is that I moved here last January from Wisconsin and the previous owner only left rotted wood so I’ve struggled to...
Looks great! Nice place! The last pic looks eerily similar to one I keep by my desk. My pic also has me in a similar pose holding a nice Cold...
It was a beautiful Missouri day today so I decided to pay a little down on my 2020 heating bill. I have been cutting a trail thru my woods and...
