Yep, he is rumored to be a neighbor, but I haven’t met him personally yet. He is known as Sasquatch locally, but people know who you are talking about by either name. West of us, in Boring, just off US 26, there is the “Bigfoot information Center “ or something of that nature, I keep wanting to stop, but just never seem to have the time, when I am going by, And they are Open at the same time, maybe one of these days I’m not the Big Believer that some are, but hey, ya never know, just what you may not know about, so I’m a Sasquatch agnostic, I don’t know if he’s out there, but sure won’t say that he isn’t Doug
I forgot to mention, Ol’ Squatch is also known as the World Champion at Hide and Seek Though few have met Squatch in person, he is a pretty popular dude around here, lots of Squatch stickers, shirts, hats, stuffed Squatches, you name it, in most of Oregon’s tourist traps, especially in the mountains, and a lot down around the coast of course after the Patterson film, Red Bluff, CA is the Bigfoot Capital Doug
This is the bulk of firewood sellers in my area. Most people who buy firewood don't know, (or don't care) that the wood is cut down the same day, or week. I've even had one customer comment the wood they bought from another seller was "bad" because there was no bark on it.
I think burners have different expectations of what "seasoned" wood looks like. I've sold 2-3-4 year dried wood that was uncovered, loose bark, some punk and they were happy and I've had others that seem if its weathered its "dirty". Experienced burners know good wood and appreciate it especially after dealing with the BS other sellers have put them through. If I have well weathered wood I will let the buyer know ahead of time and/or state it if sold on FBM. Ideally I like to CSS and top cover in a short period of time so it stays "clean" looking. I am able to accomplish that 90% of the time.
The oak that was split and turning grey is what I would consider perfect. This seems to put it right at the 2-3 year time frame and that is spot on. Willing to bet 90% of what you see for sale and looks like a clean split from some Martha Stewart magazine cover is not dry.
We burn 8-10 cords a year, I prefer to have 10 cords on hand, but usually get by with 8. We were a bit shy of 8 cords for this year, and I’m not sure we will have any carry over, won’t be much if we do. As Nice as it would be to let wood season for 2-3 years, we simply don’t have the space to store 25-30 cords of wood. Fortunately, as mentioned most conifers dry faster than most hardwoods. Another advantage we have is the Forest Circus has an area that they hold back until mid July(Late Season Reserve) that usually has a lot of standing dead, that they go in and drop before they open up the LSR. Unfortunately the Forest Circus doesn’t allow us to fall in the Mt Hood NF, but they do in some other NF’s. In the Bend/Fort Rock unit they allow falling up to 24” DBH, and in the Wenatchee and Okanogan NF’s, I believe that they allow falling up to 20” DBH, and winching up to 200’, which isn’t allowed in the Mt Hood NF or Bend/Fort Rock unit. The per household limit varies as well too. We used to only be allowed 5 cords per Household in the Mt Hood NF, which increased several years ago to 6 cords. In the Bend/Fort Rock unit they are allowed 8 cords, and the Wenatchee and Okanogan NF’s, I haven’t checked in a few years but it was 12 cords per Household. All NF’s, but widely different rules and limits. Fortunately we know enough people that don’t burn, that we can usually get what we need from yard removals and storm damage, sometimes getting yard and storm damage removal from FBMP, Craigslist, Offerup or Nextdoor Needless to say, going up into the Forest, with its Beautiful scenery is our preferred option, but we get what we can, where we can. Doug
