Goodness, we're suffering from an acute lack of scrounge today. Fortunately, treatment is at hand.
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This tree was standing dead and 'fell over' back in May. I had thought it was a candlebark as it was standing with several others and being dead it was lacking leaves and stuff for ease of identification. There's another reason why I hadn't identified it earlier which I'm a bit embarrassed about. Again. No, my nuts didn't fall off.
Not a big unit, about 16 inches at the base mebbe. As I was cutting it up however, I noticed the pale chips coming out which is rather unusual for a candlebark, which normally produces orange chips.
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Apart from the colour, the splitting test is also diagnostic. A candlebark round that big should split in a couple of hits.
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8 hits later, I diagnose blue gum. I was aided by a fissure that had opened as it had started to dry. Higher BTUs in the blue gum than the candlebark but also more ash, probably an even trade.
One bit had this little lady under it...temporarily.
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Ended up with one cube of blue gum.
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Also put the longer skinny branch poles on top that can be used as part of Cowgirl's community bonfire in May.
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