Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[aart]

here's the tree with the above measured log piece to get an idea :

Need you hugging it in the pic for true perspective

 

[tntchix]

here's the tree with the above measured log piece to get an idea :

I am so in love with this old tree. Look at those limbs!

 

[Opa]

I recently cut several trees that the log measured 27" across, counted the rings and found them to be 90 years old. Fortunately my splitter can be used either horizontal or vertical so I only had to roll the logs to the splitter. They were definitely to heavy for this old man to pick up. It was heartbreaking to discover that a storm had uprooted them.

 

[JackieandChicks]

Finally getting to mulch my strawberries (putting a steel roof on a barn doe take an entire summer when it's pretty much two people). and found my silly strawberries still blooming!

 

[Opa]

In spite of the rain David and I head for the farm. We were meeting a friend who is also our excavation contractor. He came with a large dump truick, a skid loader, a mini excavator, and two teenage sons. Since he heats his home with wood, obtaining firewood is always a quest.

With a great number of our trees being ash that were killed during the emerald ash borer invasion they have been dead for some time. If not utilized soon they will be worthless. David worked out a cut on shares agreement with him that is beneficial to both parties.

The track mounted excavator allowed him to carry whole logs out of the woods and cut to stove length with setting them down. Using the excavator to hold the log in the middle, and a son cutting from each end, they accomplished in minutes what would take me hours.



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[Trefoil]

Opa that worked out great. It breaks my heart to see some of my old,huge trees die or fall. The only consolation is that at least they go to heat someones' home.

 

[tntchix]

Opa that worked out great. It breaks my heart to see some of my old,huge trees die or fall. The only consolation is that at least they go to heat someones' home.

Same here. When I see someone just having a tree removed because it's "in the way" it breaks my heart. Even if you replant something else, it takes forever to grow. There are plenty of bad trees around here that need to go.

 

[uchytil]

here's the tree with the above measured log piece to get an idea :

That looks like a twin I have out in the forest, lol! Would make a mess of maple syrup. I just spent 8 hours sawing up cherry and throwing it in the barn. Next to split and stack for spring sugar season. I love the way cherry smells as it burns. There's a sawmill I use locally. It's hard to find any wide oak anymore. Years ago I built a blanket chest/rail backed love seat out of locally milled red oak boards that were 24 inches wide. I still have the piece and it's as nice as the day it went together. If you can make something out of some of that it'll be a conversation piece for years to come. Even just turning a small piece on a lathe can make a nice lamp. When an ash tree blew down on mom & dad's in the 80's I made a lamp for my daughter.

 

[uchytil]

Yeah Mr. & Mrs. come on in once in awhile and post some farm pics for everyone.

 

[chickwhispers]

@iamfivewire That tree is amazing! We live near a smal nature preserve full of oaks. They are amazing. The county had a historic oak called The Council Oak that was over 300 years old. Unfortunately it became diseased. They used some of the oak to make a carving for Sauder Village and Museum. Anyone interested here is a link. Very interesting stuff. http://www.saudervillage.org/Education/TR_CouncilOak.asp