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jatoxico
Minister of Fire
Mulberry - look at the leaves in pic 2. There are at least two different shaped leaves, one of which is shaped kind of like a glove. That, and the flowers say Mulberry to me. Mulberry and Sassafras are some of the very few trees that have different shaped leaves on the same tree. Mulberry can have different shaped leaves on the same branch. The pic of the single leaf he's holding does look like basswood - but it doesn't give the complete picture of all the leaves on the tree.
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This was what I was thinking in the back of my head. How does it burn if so? I've cut a lot of new wood for me this year. I've always just cut oak mainly. Got this sassafras a few days ago. Is it any good?
I couldn't say from experience if either mulberry or sass make for good firewood. Sass makes great canoe paddles though...very strong, light weight and rot and insect resistant. I also used to cut Sass saplings to make hiking sticks - tried to sell them. Makes for a great stick...but who's willing to pay for a walking stick?
I hear ya, I was skeptical it was sass until I cut into into it. Smell is very strong. I would think the smell alone would help ward away the insects
Woody Stover
Minister of Fire
Mulberry is great, Sass is about like soft Maple. But Mulberry sparks and Sass pops, and will toss flaming embers out the door! 
Sass is quite rot-resistant. I have a bunch of dead straight ones here that I've stacked on, and I just used a couple for runners under the pallets in my new stacking spot.
Sass is quite rot-resistant. I have a bunch of dead straight ones here that I've stacked on, and I just used a couple for runners under the pallets in my new stacking spot.
Jon1270
Minister of Fire
Mulberry is excellent firewood, similar to ash in density / heat output but a little harder to split and slower to dry. Heartwood is very rot-resistant.
blazincajun
Burning Hunk
Definitely a photo of a mulberry raceme - nice detailed photos always make identification so much more accurate. Enjoy the wood. Noticed a devil's walking-stick in the last photo.
A Mulberry raceme? thats kind of technical. I must need a new cell phone. All photos were blurry except the first bark pic.
I believe it is my display. I want a new tablet for looking up my wood burning website pics. I saw one bark pic on my sisters Kindle and I was blown away with how crisp the picture was.
The upside to not being able to see if you are looking at a tree floret or a praying mantis is that very few people can accuse you of farting around on company time.
I believe it is my display. I want a new tablet for looking up my wood burning website pics. I saw one bark pic on my sisters Kindle and I was blown away with how crisp the picture was.
The upside to not being able to see if you are looking at a tree floret or a praying mantis is that very few people can accuse you of farting around on company time.
I saw walking sticks at a Scottish festival once. They were carved and inlaid. Very beautiful and they were in the 100.00 range.
At the farmers market we refer to these items as "value added."
Celtic and Native American totem pole designs are my particular favorite.
Scandanavian chip carving patterns are really pretty too.
At the farmers market we refer to these items as "value added."
Celtic and Native American totem pole designs are my particular favorite.
Scandanavian chip carving patterns are really pretty too.
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