The big dead one has settled quite a bit since that pic and now has its top resting on the corner of the garage which I think is giving a lot more support and stability to the whole structure. I'm in much less worried now that the brave little guy that has been trying to keep those good for nothing layabout big brothers of his in the backyard where they belong will become the home wrecker himself. The garage still has holes in the roof from when this happened five or six years ago. I never got it fixed because aside from being very lazy 1. At the time the state was getting ready to put an interstate on top of it anyway giving me very little incentive to fix anything around here, B. It took me thirty years to get all that junk into it. it'll take me at least a decade to get it cleared out to the point where you could work in it, and III. There were a couple of other trees including the one that's now resting on it that I thought I ought to do something about first.
Well it was that deadly cocktail of torrential rain followed by high winds again. There was a three oak pile up in my backyard yesterday and my house is now under the tree of Damocles.
All I kept thinking was how beautiful that hard wood was and how I wish I could gather it all up. When you are 100% wood burning for your heat you tend to see trees in a whole new light!
Well it was that deadly cocktail of torrential rain followed by high winds again. There was a three oak pile up in my backyard yesterday and my house is now under the tree of Damocles.
I think it was the kindling I appreciated the most. It's hard for me to make without putting my back in a position I know I shouldn't. I was really impressed with just how completely the path of least resistance was shredded. It was great. I generally have a big backlog of big logs out back giving me a splitting headache anyway,
I think it was the kindling I appreciated the most. It's hard for me to make without putting my back in a position I know I shouldn't. I was really impressed with just how completely the path of least resistance was shredded. It was great. I generally have a big backlog of big logs out back giving me a splitting headache anyway,
You need gum trees. Eucalyptus are forever dropping bark and sticks everywhere.
All I kept thinking was how beautiful that hard wood was and how I wish I could gather it all up. When you are 100% wood burning for your heat you tend to see trees in a whole new light!
I think it was the kindling I appreciated the most. It's hard for me to make without putting my back in a position I know I shouldn't. I was really impressed with just how completely the path of least resistance was shredded. It was great. I generally have a big backlog of big logs out back giving me a splitting headache anyway,
I had that happen to a ginormous oak out in my front yard a few years ago. Having just barely enough sense to come in out of the rain I didn't actually see it happen, but I certainly heard it. When I checked it out the next morning there was a 20 - 25 foot 4 x 12 that had been taken put of one side and completely reduced to pencil sized pieces. I raked them up and had enough kindling to last all winter. REMC was kind enough to put what remained of it down on the ground for me free of charge, but made me finish piecing and splitting it myself. All in all a pretty low fuel bill that winter though.
All I kept thinking was how beautiful that hard wood was and how I wish I could gather it all up. When you are 100% wood burning for your heat you tend to see trees in a whole new light!
I like how in movies they'll show lightning hitting a tree or something a few feet from the people and they all turn towards it with a "what was that?" look on their faces. When it really happens, normal people loose their bowels and spend the next half hour jabbering like monkeys.
I was in a small shelter on a golf course when a bolt hit nearby...I think i could've out jumped Lebron James.
