- Jan 20, 2007
- 51
A pipeline runs through our property and they decided that over the years trees and brush had grown out over the pipeline and had to be taken down. Knowing there were some large trees they were going to cut, we asked if they would lay the oaks where we could cut them up for firewood. They left 4 huge trees. As we were cutting one of the four, DH and I kept wondering if it was really oak, but we kept thinking surely they recognized the oaks. BTW, they stripped all the limbs and ground them up, so it was hard for us to distinguish. Well, after we put one bucked piece to the splitter, we realized that yep it was actually Sweet Gum! Now, my question. Is it worth our time to struggle with trying to split all this Sweet Gum and maybe add a little along with our oak, or not waste anymore time and fuel?