where I live in Delmarva this tree is beyond prolific... Anyways I am thinning out a portion of our woods behind the house so we can enjoy seeing the wildlife better, the hollys choke the woods out a good bit. Most of the trunks on these are 5-8" wiide for the first 10-15', and a few are actually big trees with 20" wide trunks... For those of you who have never had the chance to burn Holly, or over looked it, do yourself a favor and try it... Great burning wood, and very clean handling due to the bark being like beech! I will have about a cord and a half from this project, though it takes a good bit of trees to get there due to their initial size.
American Holly
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People's perception of hollys is skewed by all the landscape bushes we see in yards. Make no mistake, American holly is a tree - when left in it's native envirnoment it can grow to be huge.
It is also a very dense wood and highly valued by wood tuners for that reason. Check out woodbarter.com and you might be able to get some cold hard dollars for some of it.
It is also a very dense wood and highly valued by wood tuners for that reason. Check out woodbarter.com and you might be able to get some cold hard dollars for some of it.
