The things you learn.
What free wood did you find today?
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Yep. Always funny how different regions apply their own names to stuff. Like Texans calling beef "barbecue"!
Or Austrians calling “Krapfen” “Berliner” even though they aren’t from Berlin. (You will have to trust me on this. Austrians have weird vocab. Not me though. I learned from a German)
Hey @Mr. Peet I would say the landscaper was not educated. I used an app called “PictureThis” to help verify. Here’s a photo I took of the leaves, and the second photo is what the app said after it analyzed my photo. What do you think? Ilex cornuta?
This made me laugh. When we still lived in Calif we had a sweetgum tree that was ruining the front yard, roots, spiny seed balls, etc. So I cut it down. I got a nasty letter from the city saying I was being fined $150 because I didn't get a permit and I needed a permit because we lived in a Tree City USA yadda yadda yadda. None of which I had any inkling of awareness. The letter also said the city arborist was going to stop by and had to approve whatever else I was going to do - the tree was already a stump so besides being furious with the city I was curious what an arborist was going to do. The lady who showed up was the lady who mows the grass at the park around the corner from us. I asked about her qualifications as an "arborist" and she said she didn't know anything about that.
I use PlantNet when I don’t know the tree.
Haven’t you cut the tree? That would explain why it thinks the plant is sick.
I just tried PlantNet on the same photo, and it comes up with the same thing…
Not exactly a recent find. My son rescued this from a local highway widening project. It is a Royal paulownia, located at business. Most everyone used to see the birdhouse and its itinerant residents.
I'm thinking on this one!
That is amazing!
I think it could be Chinese holly. There are a few forms of American and hybrids of the 2, just to shake things up.
Hi @djg I got the holly all cut up, and the ends sealed. Most of them are going to yield shallow bowls, 2 to 2 1/2 inches. I might get 3 to 3 1/2 out of the really large one, but we’ll see. I’m sure your walnut crotch pieces will look absolutely beautiful! (my second picture shows the piths cut out)
Wax the ends on those pith pieces. Might be some good pen blanks. I don't have any Chinese holly in the sample collection, so if luck shines on you again, let me know.
They finish at 3" x 6" x 1/2", so something a touch bigger to allow movement when seasoning. Thank you.