I've seen it, tasted and bought it in Norway. I've heard of it in Canada. I wouldn't be surprised at its commonality in many northern latitudes where there is a preponderance of birch trees.
I really hate seeing perfectly good food thrown out. Sometimes I get lucky with my garden and have a good crop that is more than the 4 families the garden is for can use. I'll take the extra to the local food bank. It might be a spit in the ocean compared to the donations from the local farms and grocers but it's something. That's a nice squash, good neck to seed cavity ratio.
Somebody tore out their veggie garden and dumped it at the dump. There were some nice half-ripe plum tomatoes, but I didn't go for those.
Time to update this thread. Dark wood from a dried up swamp. A victim of the drought here in the Northeast. The swamp, that is. More pics here - Swamp maple
We had a fall cleanup on the access road to my street this morning. We needed to cut back the brush for the plow truck this winter. Myself and two other neighbors decided to drop a few smaller trees that were leaning hard towards the street. I split the wood worth taking with another guy. Little white birch, and a little red oak. There's a pretty big oak that leans way across the road we might drop at a later date before we have to deal with it in the middle of a storm when its down across the road.
I got a bunch of manageable size red oak at the dump today. Some of it is pre-split! It's a little muddy, so I will hose it off tomorrow.
Haven't had the chance to get out and scrounge during the last couple months but finally went out the last three days. Need to take advantage of forest road access before they get gated for the winter (I can still scrounge via snowmobile however it's a lot more work). Smaller stuff on day 1 (white birch and beech), a nice load of beech on day 2, and a nice load of silver maple on day 3 (with some beech as well). Felt good to be back at it.
Isn't it an unwritten rule to not give up the good scrounge spots? I have permits for the WMNF as well as one of the state parks so I have a large area to scrounge in. Obviously there is a lot of competition for the stuff close to the roads however if you're willing to put a bit of work into it, there is plenty of firewood to be had. Most people only take the easy stuff and never go more than a few feet into the woods. I park and walk the roads, going a few hundred feet into the woods, and always find something to bring home. I also have an advantage over most of the competition with equipment. I have a 10K winch for the truck and two capstan winches which allow me to have access to more than the average day scrounger.
Sweet. I knew there were permits for the WMNF I'm just too far for it to make sense for me to ever try. The winch is a great idea for dragging stuff out of the woods!
