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Yeah, that looks like it was cracked and an open wound for quite some time. Probably just black mold that will bleach out in the sun now. But most trees won't survive a big wound like that. Could take another 20 years but it will eventually rot away in the weather.

Looks like he likes to torture them first.

I used to buy mine a bag or two of peat every Spring. And acidifying fertilizer. But to tell ya the truth once they are well established I don't think they need a lot but maybe some extra water. I have a barn downspout draining into a patch of 12 . And watch for leaf-eaters caterpillars. I'll...

OMG, those are awful stoves, they never should have been allowed to sell them in this country. There are a couple boxwood stoves that are just as bad if not worse. As you're finding you have to be careful how much wood you put in and far too much of your valuable firewood's heat is going up the...

If you're banking your Summer job and living on your Winter job that'll be a nice adjunct to a pension.

stigma or the property rights theft that is the underlining cause of the trade war ?

looks like a Honda powered portable winch by Portable Winch.

I've cut all the way in to the last pair of stems with green growth, but usually don't go quite that far as it looks a bit radical. Any further than that and the branch is dead. Also not every branch on the tree cut back that much. About 30-40% a year. Seems to sprout any where there are still...

I'd cut them down and start over with one of the newer dwarfed types that don't try to be an 80 foot tree. If what you want is a hedge. My father planted two 100 foot rows of hemlocks for privacy/street noise abatement 40 years ago. He kept them pruned down to a manageable size until about 1990...

quote: The first several tanks I followed malicious break in procedures. :unquote. I hope and assume you meant meticulous.

Just starting to pick peas here. Put the camera close to the ground to make the tomatoes appear monstrous.

nice ! I tried somewinter crop broccoli last Winter and froze the florets and the florets never grew any more after that. Nice healthy green plants though.

+1 grew next to it

Many people (including myself) overwater them and the roots rot. Mine stayed nice and green but stopped growing and then just fell over one day. Maybe it is time to repot with new soil. It doesn't last forever. It decomposes and turns into dirt which is not what potting soil is. Your pic is...

That looks quite a bit less time consuming than the hodge-podge of 12 semi-dwarf that I have.

How about a virgin MS180 C-BE, never been in a tree . and a spaghetti jar full of quarters and a old Jonsered that hasn't been run for 12 years

I had to put 3 foot tall chicken wire as the rabbits squeezed thru 4x2 at will also. Found a nest with young ones in it in the Spring inside the fenced in area so not just very young ones were getting thru. I didn't bury mine and haven't found any diggers but I have had something digging a...

Lots of eastern white pine here. I don't mind burning it on the weekend when I can keep shoving more in. a little red pine, hemlock and an occasional atlantic white cedar blow down. A dead landscape fir of some sort I css last year and it burns kinda nice - lots of big flame, lasts a bit longer...

I keep carrots in all Winter. I cover the sides of them with leaves collected in the Fall. Just the leaves poking out. Dig them all Winter. Push leaves aside and the dirt is usually soft enough under them. Spring bugs and freeze/thaw usually does in a percentage of any left. I have some...

:clap: Wish I had some vintage saw bucks . That would make a great (working) nostalgic rafter hanger. My dad cut with an electric a lot like that when I was a little kid. That was quite a while ago.