Thanks for the help.
The picture was sent to me. My brother in law cut it up for a friend and said it was free. He said it was elm but the pic looked similar to sweet...
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She has a pine ash.
The only bark I use is from shagbark hickory. It has a sweet smell and imparts a different flavor profile in the meat. Otherwise I tend to take...
Totally different than pin oak. Locusts is even worse when water gets under the bark and ferments a bit. Smells like rotten fish when splitting.
Thanks Midwinter. All my wood I scrounge comes from Craigslist. I got lucky today since this is the first time I've scored pecan. It's a rarity...
Looks like something out of a horror movie.
Filled up the Jeep with a nice load of pecan today.[ATTACH]
Maybe bradford pear?
4.5 pound slab of St. Louis style spare ribs smoked with pecan and peach.[ATTACH]
I've never split by hand, but my hat goes off to you guys that do.:salute:
Thanks for the chart buzz.
I'm guess in its about 75 foot tall and maybe 28 inches diameter in the trunk. It's not a huge tree, but there's a lot of smaller branches. We...
Mounds are good.
Yep same tree. That was one of the smaller branches I cut to confirm the identification. Love the smell of fresh manure when splitting pin oak.
I'm going to agree with sweet gum also. Around here the bark is usually a little darker, but everything looks like what I've had in the past.
I'm going with pin oak on this one. It's still pretty green so minimum 2 years in the stack for this one.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree with lukem I have a bunch of it.
Can't beat free wood, good exercise and a chance to hang with the buds. Triple win.