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[BigBlueHen53]

Finally got to start milling those logs at my buddies house.

JT

Whoa. Them's some serious logs!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Finally got to start milling those logs at my buddies house.

JT

That was a big old tree!

I considered doing that with a big post oak we took down to put our garage up... but in addition to the mill, I’d need a bigger saw... so I decided not to mess with it... and our tree was only about 1/2 as big as yours

 

[Crestcrazy2]

I think I promised to tell this group a story about how TRUE LOVE in my hen house saved the life of one of my cockerels and why I now have a mated pair I'm calling Wesley and Buttercup.

So this spring I ordered a bunch of BA pullets and also some BA cockerels bc I wanted to put some in the freezer. They turned out to be real nice and I didn't have to separate the cockerels for hormonal reasons till they were about 14 weeks old. I had 10 pullets and 6 cockerels. I put the boys in a bachelor pen, ready to send to my processor, three at a time later in the week. The next day there were 7 in the bachelor pen. One of the pullets had flown over the fence. At bedtime i separated her out, but the next day she was in again. I removed her again and clipped wings. The third day she flew over a shorter fence and was next to the bachelors, side by side with one of the cockerels. I watched that day, and saw that the two of them spent most of the day together, she on one side of the fence, he on the other. The same thing happened the next day. I told DH, "This is TRUE LOVE! I can't send him to freezer camp! That would be INCONCEIVABLE!" So I decided if I could tell him apart from the others, I would spare him. Here they are, side by side. I an happy to say this story has a happy ending, because of TRUE LOVE. (I am sorry to say there are no giants, six-fingered men or Rodents of Unusual Size in this tale, but I hope you find it satisfactory nevertheless.)

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Great story I love the princess bride movie!

 

[jthornton]

Loved it!!! what beautiful wood. Curious if the wood is cedar?

AFAICT Red Oak

JT

 

[jthornton]

That was a big old tree!

Notice in the background that's not the only one in their yard! And they are all 90' - 100' tall and 3' - 4' in diameter.

JT

 

[jthornton]

but in addition to the mill, I’d need a bigger saw...

I'm actually glad I got the MS391, it really cuts a lot faster than my MS291 and only a few pounds heavier... I think I'll sell the MS291.

JT

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I'm actually glad I got the MS391, it really cuts a lot faster than my MS291 and only a few pounds heavier... I think I'll sell the MS291.

JT

I have a MS290... which is just an older generation 291... and once Ilooked into what I’d need to mill boards... I decided it wouldn’t be up for that task...

Do you use a ripping chain for that?

 

[OhZark Biddies]

first Rose Of Sharon bloom... seems a bit early this year ... so I guess it likes it’s new location

We pulled up this one and two others this spring with the tractor and replanted them on the edge of the woods where they can self sow without causing a headache...

we weren’t sure if transplanting 12 foot tall shrubs would work... but they seem to be doing well... thanks to all the rain we’ve had

 

[CrazyChicken Lady]

@OhZark Biddies that flower reminded me of a hibiscus, did you say it was a rose of some sort?

 

[OhZark Biddies]

@OhZark Biddies that flower reminded me of a hibiscus, did you say it was a rose of some sort?

Indeed it is a type of hibiscus... but the common name is ‘Rose of Sharon’...

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c522

We have a several purple ones and one white one... or at least for now... I’ve been replanting a bunch of the sprouts the last few years, so that if moving the big shrubs didn’t work out, we’d still have some... so we’re hoping one of those ends up blooming white too