I thought I would post up some pictures of what I am almost certain is thorny locust and mulberry that varied in appearance from what I usually see in these woods. This is only my second year of burning, so I haven't seen it all by any means. This wood was CS&S fall to early winter 2012. I am in southeastern Iowa. I didn't pay as much attention to the trees I cut then as I do now. The locust was likely a branch or two cut off of a couple trees that were in a fence row and in the way of field equipment while I waited for a girdling to take care of the rest of the tree.
The locust that differed is the smaller piece in the pictures and the differences do not show up as noticeably in the pictures as they do in person. Basically the differences were a much smaller sapwood and more streaked red in the heartwood were I am used to yellow sapwood and a nearly uniform pink heartwood. The suspected piece has nearly identical bark to usual and I did find a partial thorn still attached on a piece.
As for the mulberry I didn't have a "normal" piece easily accessible to photograph, so both pieces I consider to be abnormal. Basically It looked just liked the mulberry I am used to other than the heartwood was a much different color of brown. The brown is almost walnut colored but not quite as black.
Initially I suspected different varieties (especially with the locust) of trees, but then I noticed the suspected pieces all came from a similar place in the pile (in the back furthest away from the wind in my three sided shed). Has anyone else seen this drastic of seasoning coloration differences in their stacks?
In case it is not clear the locust is the first three photos and and mulberry the last two.
Anyway I thought other people might enjoy looking at pictures of different wood like I do.
The locust that differed is the smaller piece in the pictures and the differences do not show up as noticeably in the pictures as they do in person. Basically the differences were a much smaller sapwood and more streaked red in the heartwood were I am used to yellow sapwood and a nearly uniform pink heartwood. The suspected piece has nearly identical bark to usual and I did find a partial thorn still attached on a piece.
As for the mulberry I didn't have a "normal" piece easily accessible to photograph, so both pieces I consider to be abnormal. Basically It looked just liked the mulberry I am used to other than the heartwood was a much different color of brown. The brown is almost walnut colored but not quite as black.
Initially I suspected different varieties (especially with the locust) of trees, but then I noticed the suspected pieces all came from a similar place in the pile (in the back furthest away from the wind in my three sided shed). Has anyone else seen this drastic of seasoning coloration differences in their stacks?
In case it is not clear the locust is the first three photos and and mulberry the last two.
Anyway I thought other people might enjoy looking at pictures of different wood like I do.
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