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Well, had a productive weekend to be sure. Bucked, split and stacked 2 truckloads of poplar I had laying around in 4ft lengths, which finished off row 5 and laid a good base for row 6.
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Then got to stacking that twisted Manitoba maple I have. I got all but one truckload done. Row six is a hot mess of ugly splits, but man I can see the finish line.

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My newest uglies bin (my IBC tote cage) is almost full, and is working out really well. I made a top cover for it, which I plan on leaving on it all summer. Since things are just pile in there, it will be a bit more difficult for the wind to blow through like it can on the stacks. I am a total scrounge when it comes to my wood, and don't waste a stick. My uglies throw nice heat too :)

I wrapped a pallet in pallet-wrap with the seam running upslope/downslope so that water doesn't get stuck at the seams. Then I propped it up on an old fence post on top of the cage to help the water run off. The pallet wrap will still let some sun through, and I'm excited to see how well it holds up :). It's even got a nice overhang.

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Another wonderful weekend. Hope you all enjoyed some fresh air too :)

Looks great. Whats the total cordage you ended up with?

Ive been done with my stacks for a month now but my brother in-law is getting two big standing dead red oak on his property line taken down next week. I took a couple hours yesterday to sharpen and tune up my saw and axes...a job that should take 30 mins but you know, two little kids lol. Hoping to get 1/2 to 1 cord out of it, he's splitting the cost with his neighbor so they may want half to wood too we'll see. I'll be there first thing!

My wife knows me too well. The second he mentioned trees her expression changes to "oh no" and she looks over at me who is grinning like a little kid. Hahaha. She likes being warm and is now addicted to wood heat though so it's a good thing.

My son is in K and making new friends and every time we go to a new house the first think I look at are the trees. Anything standing dead? Leaners? Species? My name is Caw and I'm an addict!
 
Whats the total cordage you ended up with?
I'd say that I got a healthy 6 cords of ash out of those 12 truck loads i dragged home this spring. In total, I have about 16 cords css at my place - needless to say I'm super pleased :)
 
I'd say that I got a healthy 6 cords of ash out of those 12 truck loads i dragged home this spring. In total, I have about 16 cords css at my place - needless to say I'm super pleased :)
Nice work! The poplar might be ready by the fall if loosely stacked. But I am sure you have other supplies that are burn ready. Either way, nice to be ahead.
 
Nice work! The poplar might be ready by the fall if loosely stacked. But I am sure you have other supplies that are burn ready. Either way, nice to be ahead.

Oh yea poplar will be ready this year for sure with good sun/wind exposure. I love it for shoulder season. Ive had good luck getting cherry, soft maple, and standing dead ash ready in one summer too just top covered. I'm willing to bet pine would also be fine but I've never tried since I live in such a dense hardwood climate.

Id use more poplar if I had it to save my maple but soft maple makes great should season wood too. Its my most abundant wood (I can see 30+ soft maple out my wind now!) so I use it year round but it excels in shorter burn situations. I mix it with my oak/ash when it gets cold to get more out of it.

If I could only have one log and it was a choice between poplar and a hardwood I'd obviously take the hardwood but I never say no to free poplar! Hmm, or any wood for that matter except pine. Because I'm an addict. ;lol
 
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I started late today but another load of Beech made it to the new splitting area. I was able to get another four or so bigger rounds and then fell the smaller Beech that was next to or growing out of the damaged Beech.

I also noticed a dead Beech that is next to another smaller Beech that has some bark damage to it, I'll grab both those and a few more on another day.
 

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Nice work! The poplar might be ready by the fall if loosely stacked. But I am sure you have other supplies that are burn ready. Either way, nice to be ahead.
Ya i don't need any of this wood for next year. All of this wood in the pics i've been posting is for year 3+ :)
 
Your beech trees looks great! Mine will grow to about 10” across and then the beech blight hits them! Dead within two years after that.
 
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Cut & split some pine today to give the excavator more room to work around the new cabin foundation for backfilling. Wishing I had kept the logs over 8' and had a sawmill out last year.... Foundation is in and partially insulated. Hobo packet on some coals. Going to fish from the pier after dinner.
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Your beech trees looks great! Mine will grow to about 10” across and then the beech blight hits them! Dead within two years after that.
The disease hits them here too, I'm starting to take some before they get it and some hills need thinning so the younger trees can grow.

I've never taken many Beech trees since we bought the lot (end of 2006) but there are a bunch in the area I'm working so I'm looking for 2 or 3 face cord.

I'm sure some are producing nuts which the deer eat so those will stay vertical until mother nature takes them.
 
I felled three more Beech today, two loads came home with some still up in the woods.

I also brought the shovel with me and dug up some leeks, a nice bag for my neighbor and a smaller bag for us so the wife can make potato leek soup.
 

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I felled three more Beech today, two loads came home with some still up in the woods.

I also brought the shovel with me and dug up some leeks, a nice bag for my neighbor and a smaller bag for us so the wife can make potato leek soup.
Do you have wild leeks growing in your forest?
 
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Do you have wild leeks growing in your forest?
An older thread.
 
I would love to propagate some wild leeks on my property. If I had enough leeks I would put them in everything.
 
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I would love to propagate some wild leeks on my property. If I had enough leeks I would put them in everything.
The leek greens are the first things to come up just after or even before the snow is gone and the deer eat the tops.
 
I wonder if that's what I ran over down in our valley with the ATV that smelled like onion...? Big, wide green leaves that almost looked like tulip greens?
 
I have bunch of that as well. Good to know (thank you). Apparently I have wild garlic too but have not found any yet.
 
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I took another Beech that was rotting at the base and on the second load I hauled out, I added some damaged Maple. I'm hoping that I can add two more Beech and more damaged Maple and start spitting & stacking.
 

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I felled another damaged Beech and Maple today and then bucked up more rounds off the Maple that was felled yesterday.

Pictures 1805 through 1808 are the Beech, 1809 through 1817 is the damaged Maple I felled today.
 

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This Beech had some rot setting in so I felled it today and brought out two loads.
 

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I brought home another three loads of Beech, the first load I bucked up is what was left in picture 1830 and then added some limb wood (not pictured) the second load was from a rotting Beech in pictures 1833 - 1835 and the last load was a dead Beech in pictures 1837 - 1842.
 

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Its nice to have you people clean out the dead trees and fallen branches and stuff and make it a renewable project instead of becoming a fire hazard. But this sure involves a lot of work for I looked up all the equipment that is needed just to make the job of cutting wood easier and so much stuff needed and a lot of it is a puzzle to me on how to use it...My references was Northern Tool and Equipment book. You work hard but do have some nice days as well in beautiful places and you can gather you thoughts. Today I was in the mist of checking out wood prices in the city here for it to be delivered--wow---just for 1/4 of a cord of mixed wood is (sit down now)..extending from : 140.00--to 190.00 cut under 18 inches if I request this otherwise longer. Now once I get this wood do I have to split it or should I request that too? Always enjoy the pictures on this thread and I pretend I am in the woods...lol clancey
 
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Finished stacking the uglies today. I am officially done my wood, and am off to shoulder surgery tomorrow. You fellas play safe and enjoy your time in the woods :)

Melissa


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