Here is another load of EAB ash. I have been cutting them down for neighbors every weekend. I hate loosing all these ash trees.
EAB the sad gift that keeps on giving
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kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
EAB is starting to take hold of the ashes here in NNJ, I'm noticing more and more dead ash tree's, I'm prob gona be losing my ash stand here at my house in the next few years, I'm estimating just in my yard / woods by my house I got at least 4 seasons of ash that will need to come down.
pernox
Burning Hunk
Great load, but a sad thing to see. Thankfully not in my town yet, but I have seen it in the southern part of my county.. just a matter of time before it gets here. I've tried to do my part by burning the eab wood I get immediately with minimal processing.
if it is not in your area what in gods name are you doing bringing in infected wood?
pernox
Burning Hunk
Didn't find out until I unloaded the truck and started losing bark. Everything went into the boiler from there, even though it was getting warm. I got some free hot water off of it at least. Didn't take any more ash after that.. I've learned to check ash carefully now if it's coming from south county. I recently felled and brought home a couple healthy ash trees (it was either me or a tree service according to homeowner) that had no sign of the beetle and are seasoning nicely now, bug free.
There's a lot of ash around here, and I don't want to be the one that brings that to an end. We even have a lake in town named "Ashmere" by William Jennings Bryan of Scopes Monkey Trial fame.
You shouldnt be taking any ash from anywhere if your area is unaffected. Chances are it wont make a difference but that is no reason to be that irresponsible about it.
