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My old black locust trees are starting to fall apart

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  1. MaladaptiveMonkey

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    Bless them for doing so! I'm not sure I'd ever wanna try cutting down them fat ones full of dead hanging branches (more like medium sized trees).

    I love these trees and I love the firewood they make! Can we get some black Locust appreciation going on in here?

    Plant one if it isn't illegal where you live! IMG_20210820_185333.jpg IMG_20210819_124022.jpg
     
  2. MikeInMa

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    There's black locust love all over this site.
     
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    There's locust mania here in Connecticut. Myself, jo191145 & Eric Schamell have had it. It goes into remission, but can pop up suddenly should a locust score show up!
    Nice work there! :thumbs:
     
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    As Brad mentioned, it's a slippery slope and the MANIA is real.

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  5. jo191145

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    Tease!

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    This is my first post been watching for years but I noticed you're from rochester...Alot of black locust around our parts... last house I was at that and pignut hickory was all I had(nice problem to have) just bought a new property and it has alot more assortment... red and white oak, black and honey locust, and black walnut and alot of cherry
     
  8. buZZsaw BRAD

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    Welcome to the FHC :handshake:
     
  9. Churchville Kevin

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    Thanks Brad...hey Maladaptivemonkey where do you live in the area? I know you don't live in the city lol... there's a bunch of people in the area on this site buck55 or something like that if my memory serves me right is around here too
     
  10. MikeInMa

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    Welcome to the hoarding madness!!
     
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    If you wish to tag someone Kevin use the "@" symbol in front of their name and they will get notified.
     
  12. Churchville Kevin

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    Thanks guys...I'm only 35 but the computer stuff is usually over my head(rather be in the woods). I'll do my own post another time so I don't highjack this thread...just wondering where MaladaptiveMonkey and Buck55 are from
     
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    Same here. Im only 53 and feel the same. Better with a chain saw than a computer!
     
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    Madness??? :wacky: I thought it was insanity? :loco: :crazy: Guess it depends on the day of the week!
     
  16. MikeInMa

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    Toe-may-toe
    Toe-mah-toe

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    Fellow Rochestarian here - OK…. Now in Hilton. That’s a NW suburb for you outsiders. Grew up in Cobbs Hill area.

    Anyways - Welcome! And about Black Locust - perhaps my Fav wood for the stove. I take all I can get.
     
  18. MaladaptiveMonkey

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    AS THERE SHOULD BE. Your pollenators and nitrogen deprived flora thank you dearly
     
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    Ha! This reply makes me very happy. We have such a bountiful land up here! I love western NY and upstate in general. Such a mild and abundant land tbh.

    I got tons of shagbark where I am but I've never seen a pignut in my entire life. I have an abundance of white oak, apple, pear, hawthorne and black locust as well, plus tons of box elder to mix in and get things going quick. Hardwood paradise tbh!
     
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    Right on the border of Parma/Spencerport. West side of Monroe county
     
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