Well finished up the rounds for that red maple, and grabbed some of that fallen red oak. Well I had some free time and decided to GIBIR. And I dragged out a pretty good sized limb of a tree. Probably about 7' in length, heavy due to being out in the woods and water logged, plus being buried under three inches of snow. Well I've a few pictures of this limb because I'm pretty sure it's cherry but I want some confirmation. Here's some pictures of my work for the day and of the limb.
Not 100% sure if that leaf belongs to that tree could have just been picked up while I was dragging it through the woods. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was Red maple, there's a lot of it here.
Yea I mean with the bark in that condition and wet, its hard to discern. The best best pic I believe is the first one and my eye goes to a half split in the rear left of your vehicle. All the red maple I've ever split has that strip of reddish/pinkish heartwood with the lighter sapwood.
Is whats in the trunk also what you're trying to ID, or just the last few pics? I'm gonna need better pics of the smaller rounds to take a good guess, too blurry. From what I can see though, it looks like maple not cherry
That leaf flew in over the border on the Polar Express don't touch it or you'll be afflicted with a fanatical desire for canadian bacon and moosehead lager , eh ?
And indulge in copious amounts of maple syrup while watching a hockey game. You know what I'm talking aboot.
What's in my trunk is what's left of the red maple I cut down, with a few rounds of a fallen red oak. The pictures of the smaller more damp rounds are of the mystery wood. I thought it might be cherry because as it dried on top of my stove it gave off a very sweet fruity aroma.
Well I could get you some nice pictures of the ashes. Already been in the stove and gone, despite being out in the woods after the ice and snow dried out on it, it burnt pretty good, nice and warm, though I have to say seeing it in the stove it did burn a lot like red maple.
In the end it was some good btu's for little effort, except the dragging it out part. Can't complain though, it must have been down a while as it was already seasoned, almost rotting in the one end.
So far I have the stacks on the porch, some in a ugly makeshift wood shed and more in my tool shed that I still need to stack. I'm getting there.
