Hedge Fireworks

[mstoelton]

Ok so I spent some time making a few bows of osage, and did some research on what makes osage so unique.

Osage contains a high concentration of latex (rubber base). Latex is what makes it last forever and never rot, latex is what makes the sap nasty and latex is what makes the fireworks when you burn it. I had some I had cut to make bows from and it was too twisted and knarled to make bows, so I cut it for use in my open fireplace. I only burned one log of that - just too much popping and spitting going on. Now that I have an insert, I may burn the rest of it!

 

[Missouri Frontier]

Ok so I spent some time making a few bows of osage, and did some research on what makes osage so unique.

Osage contains a high concentration of latex (rubber base). Latex is what makes it last forever and never rot, latex is what makes the sap nasty and latex is what makes the fireworks when you burn it. I had some I had cut to make bows from and it was too twisted and knarled to make bows, so I cut it for use in my open fireplace. I only burned one log of that - just too much popping and spitting going on. Now that I have an insert, I may burn the rest of it!

Great answer thanks

 

[Brewmonster]

Osage contains a high concentration of latex (rubber base).

Hence the milky sap, as with mulberry. Same botanical family.

 

[Jags]

I done lernt something today.

 

[Flatbedford]

No Osage here in the Lower Hudson Valley, but I have seen Black Locust put on quite a sparkly show.

 

[Dieselhead]

heres a short vid i took, no osage, id guess a piece of mulberry

http://s100.photobucket.com/user/signal73/media/Mobile Uploads/trimqx8pNI_zps4f745bc1.mp4.html