Scored! And it's hardwood

My dad was a landscape architect by education so I grew up around plants and trees. I went to the University of New Hampshire and got a bachelor's degree in plant science, worked in grounds maintenance and landscaping for a while before starting my own business doing interior plantscaping. I reached a point where I was kind of "over" trees, been there done that. Then my wife and I bought my current home which had a wood stove and lots of woodland around. After coming across hearth.com and really getting interested in wood for heat, I started cutting wood seriously for our heat supply. Using wood for heat has opened up a whole new appreciation of trees, especially when I cut them and split them open. The wood is often beautiful, the smell of fresh wet red oak, the colors in a fresh wet piece of hemlock, the red of cherry and black birch, the yellow of black locust, etc. Well I must say that Madrone is absolutely gorgeous. Nice score BG. Nice to be able to appreciate the wood even before you burn it.

steeltowninwv said:

my buddy would love to get his hands on some of that for his wood turning

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No doubt!

jpl1nh said:

My dad was a landscape architect by education so I grew up around plants and trees. I went to the University of New Hampshire and got a bachelor's degree in plant science, worked in grounds maintenance and landscaping for a while before starting my own business doing interior plantscaping. I reached a point where I was kind of "over" trees, been there done that. Then my wife and I bought my current home which had a wood stove and lots of woodland around. After coming across hearth.com and really getting interested in wood for heat, I started cutting wood seriously for our heat supply. Using wood for heat has opened up a whole new appreciation of trees, especially when I cut them and split them open. The wood is often beautiful, the smell of fresh wet red oak, the colors in a fresh wet piece of hemlock, the red of cherry and black birch, the yellow of black locust, etc. Well I must say that Madrone is absolutely gorgeous. Nice score BG. Nice to be able to appreciate the wood even before you burn it.

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Well said.

BeGreen said:

I stacked up the first face cord today and took some pics. Company has been here so not much else happening until they leave. First shot is of some mature madrona trees. The next is the splits and then some unsplit rounds.

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Bet it would look cool milled as well!

Looks like camo

Bleh. Who wants that stuff?