Work Done in 2019

[thewoodlands]

That's a good size tree.

I wish that it didn't need to come down but the EAB will be here quick enough. There are some bigger ones but I might not get them this year.

 

[heavy hammer]

I'm with you thewoodlands, I dropped four good size ones at my place last year. The EAB is killing all of them. I have one at the edge of my woods probably about 2 and a half feet diameter just about all dead. I'll probably cut down this summer. It is a shame to see all these trees dying.

 

[Woody Stover]

What's the other stuff, Black Birch?

 

[thewoodlands]

What's the other stuff, Black Birch?

I wish, it's a dead pine I cut that was in the way of the first ash I felled late this winter.

 

[thewoodlands]

Today I split the two ash that I had felled, along with the stuff in the last picture I should have around four face...I hope.

 

[thewoodlands]

Here are some of the ash I'll start on when the weather permits.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Perfect size to cut on!

 

[thewoodlands]

Perfect size to cut on!

Yes they are, I have a bunch more east of where I'm working that I'm hoping I can get down.

 

[heavy hammer]

Nice job, it should season quickly as well. That's how the woods around here look as well dead ash everywhere.

 

[thewoodlands]

Nice job, it should season quickly as well. That's how the woods around here look as well dead ash everywhere.

Thanks @heavy hammer , I haven't seen any signs of EAB in any of the ash I split, I'll see what these other ones look like.

That backhill has a bunch of dead pine down along with some other wood (erosion control) by mother nature.

 

[Woody Stover]

Do only dead Ash get that moss on the trunks, or other species of live trees, too? In one pic, looks like some small saplings have a little moss.

 

[Kevin Weis]

Areas that have high humidity you find that typically. Especially closer the ground.

 

[Woody Stover]

It's about 70% average humidity here, and I don't see mossy trunks except on down trees. There are probably some other factors in play, like humidity in a localized micro-climate and such. I'd think the woods where I am is more humid than what the average is in town.

 

[thewoodlands]

Do only dead Ash get that moss on the trunks, or other species of live trees, too? In one pic, looks like some small saplings have a little moss.

I had moss on the bigger of the two that I split, it was a healthy tree.

 

[heavy hammer]

I have some moss growing on the two large healthy locust trees I have right behind my house but it has been so wet the last year or so. I don't know if this has anything to do with it or not.

 

[thewoodlands]

I felled two of the four ash in this area that we wanted, tomorrow I'll get the ash in pic 9065. I'll move the rounds in pic 9072 over to the area in pic 9069 with the bucket of the tractor so I can get ready to split.

 

[thewoodlands]

I did fell three more ash today, we'll see what we have for weather coming in for this week so I can plan on getting these c/s.

I did get a trail cleared for my wife after I felled the as, the last picture is an area we want opened up for walking and maybe the rhino.

 

[Woody Stover]

we'll see what we have for weather coming in for this week

Looks chilly...you might have to burn a few loads. Hope you've got some dry wood.

 

[thewoodlands]

Looks chilly...you might have to burn a few loads. Hope you've got some dry wood.

I just saw that people in the higher elevations could see snow, we have pine covered from last falls shoulder season wood but that will be used this fall.

Some mornings we'll use propane and other mornings we cycle the furnace for about three minutes. We have some pine that will get burned up tonight and that's it.

I would like another three or four ash on the ground this coming week and then I can start bucking,splitting and stacking the ash. This week I'll charge the boat batteries.

 

[SpaceBus]

I forgot to take pictures but since I got the chipper I've probably shredded about 4 yards of material and started using it to level out my first tractor path. Prior to dumping the wood chips my path has been unusable since the ground thawed. Since I don't know what I'm doing yet dug several large ruts with the tractor trying to get it unstuck when the mud started forming. Soon I'll be able to get most the remaining debris out and I'll keep filling it in.

 

[heavy hammer]

Chilly and rain here for the last day or so. I heard 70's by the coming weekend but that's a ways off a lot can change by then. Nice job thewoodlands plenty of future firewood.

 

[thewoodlands]

Chilly and rain here for the last day or so. I heard 70's by the coming weekend but that's a ways off a lot can change by then. Nice job thewoodlands plenty of future firewood.

We took the sander off the tractor today and I hooked up the drawbar with the a-frame, I'm thinking about pulling those ash out of the gully.

 

[thewoodlands]

I split the one full tree and the half of a tree I felled and bucked up the other day, I used the 4540 to move some rounds to the splitter area.

After I was done with that, I started clearing some downed chit from the gully where I felled the ash, pic 9085.

 

[Woody Stover]

I like Pine kindling but it's not readily available in our woods, as it appears to be in yours. I have to find a yard tree that's being taken down. I have one more in our yard that is on its way out but the top is still alive. That will replenish my stock in a few years.

 

[thewoodlands]

I like Pine kindling but it's not readily available in our woods, as it appears to be in yours. I have to find a yard tree that's being taken down. I have one more in our yard that is on its way out but the top is still alive. That will replenish my stock in a few years.

I usually use basswood if mother nature puts it on the ground but after we cleared all the pine where our new garage sits, we'll be using pine for kindling.