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What free wood did you find today?
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Not free, and not today, but Friday. Forgive me! Bought some other stuff from him, and then saw this - he said it was holly burl! Shrug - yellow holly? He threw it in with the other stuff without charging more. So sorta free! Come on - let me dream!
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That's a pretty nice looking piece of wood, Mike. Looks like Agarita/Barberry with those rays showing in the center. The coloring is also the reason I'm saying that. Any ideas what it is? .......... Jerry (in Tucson)
I also thought Agarita when I first saw it. Have not measured it, but I'd say 10" or more. That would be a rather large Agarita. Did not think about a barberry, but hmmmm.. Also thought nandina. He said it was holly - but....... I'm with you on the color and the heartwood. And sorta less than a burl and more of a tree/shrub that had been topped off (pollard head or coppice head) many times.
Ten inches, huh? I have 5 Agarita stumps right now sitting in the back of my truck that starts at over 10" diameter all the way up to about 16-18 diameter. Three are bright yellow, and the other two have the brown ringed in yellow. See below. The one next to my saw is the largest. I kept all branches that were over 1 1/2" to use as pen blanks and other stuff. Two of these I had been looking at them every time I drove by them but didn't have room for them. Last week when I finished up that cabinet job up in Wickieup, I had an empty truck bed, so decided to grab them, then located the other 3 while cutting them up for transport. These were growing alongside Crooks Canyon Trail near my friends place in Walnut Grove. Of the 3 freshly found ones, 2 were just pushed over by the road grader and were soaking wet, or fresh kill. Every time they grade CCT, they always cut the road a little wider and uproot new stock for me.
.............. Jerry (in Tucson)
Man, I ain't never, no time, nada, seen an agarita anywhere close to that big. Maybe 4 foot tall at the biggest. But then never been to Arizona! And there ain't none around here - too cold and too wet! Maybe ya'll got something nobody else has in the soil or sumpthen! I'd help Grandmom pick the fruits so she could make agarita jelly! Most people around here, glaze over and ask if it is any thing like a margarita (aka kool-ade slushie with alcohol) - when I mention one.
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Jerry, I'll buy some being I lack any reference samples.Ten inches, huh? I have 5 Agarita stumps right now sitting in the back of my truck that starts at over 10" diameter all the way up to about 16-18 diameter. Three are bright yellow, and the other two have the brown ringed in yellow. See below. The one next to my saw is the largest. I kept all branches that were over 1 1/2" to use as pen blanks and other stuff. Two of these I had been looking at them every time I drove by them but didn't have room for them. Last week when I finished up that cabinet job up in Wickieup, I had an empty truck bed, so decided to grab them, then located the other 3 while cutting them up for transport. These were growing alongside Crooks Canyon Trail near my friends place in Walnut Grove. Of the 3 freshly found ones, 2 were just pushed over by the road grader and were soaking wet, or fresh kill. Every time they grade CCT, they always cut the road a little wider and uproot new stock for me.
.............. Jerry (in Tucson)
A lady contacted me last week and said she had a live walnut log that was mine if I would come and get it. I replied that I no longer cut down treed on other people's property. She replied to me that it was laying down, it just wasn't dead. So I went and cut it up and brought a lot of it home. As you can see it is not "highly valuable" black walnut. I believe it is red elm. It will still make pretty bowls, and the price is right.
The bottom of the tree was nice and straight and almost 10 feet high. I could lift the log off the ground with the tractor but not high enough to put it on the trailer, so I cut that into two pieces. They are lying on the right side. One of the branches from the first fork is lying on the left side. At the front of the left side is the first crotch.
What a beautiful sight! Free wood like this is always amazing! Congrats! Chuck
Mark, when I get into milling some more, I'll send you several pieces............... Jerry (in Tucson)
Man I wish I had that 10' R. Elm log. Makes beautiful lumber. Still at 5' each, I'd have it milled. Had a 7' R. Elm log marked at the burn pile, but the tree guy burned it despite saying he would move it out of the way. It sat too long since I was at the mercy of some kid with a trailer.
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I found this a couple days ago at the Westward Look resort in Tucsion. One of the grounds employees came over to deposit some more, so I approached him to find out what was going to happen to this stockpile of wood stumps and stuff. I was told that sometime in the fall some mind healer would gather up a bunch of disturbed people and they would hold a ritual burn. I was also told wood would sold to the healer for 500 dollars. I was so disappointed when I heard that. Take a look.
................... Jerry (in Tucson)
................... Jerry (in Tucson)
They’ll never miss a stump or 2. And I’ll bet no mind will go without healing.
A ritual burn? Who the heck would spend $500 for a ritual burn. Probably the government! What a huge disappointment! Chuck
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Chuck, it's a well known resort for rich people who think they have some type of issue that they need to travel to Tucson to get cured from that affliction. We have about 3-4 of these here. My DIL used to work for Canyon Ranch, which is what some call a fat farm. People pay big bucks to go to places like that and eat Chef prepared food to lose weight. They also ride horses, hike and workout in gyms. I can't quote what they pay per visit, but some come out every year "because it's just so relaxing". That 500 dollars to burn the wood in just pocket change. ....... Jerry (in Tucson)
No free stuff but my trailer will be full of maple burl in morning...
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Catalpa, cut down and stacked at my Bud’s wood yard yesterday, will break it down in the fall.
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