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nice place to go to work every day. Can't beat the view.

Not uncommon for trees here in Florida to have ferns growing out of them. I've got the same thing on my sweet gum. Personally, if you have room for it, I'd split and stack. I like to use it for my pit.

You should be proud of your accomplishments. You did more than most adults could or would.

That's the one.

I keep seeing this guy on youtube who takes slabs with all kinds of imperfection and uses an epoxy mix to fill them in and create a smooth surface while keeping the characteristics of the wood. Seems like a cumbersome process but the end result is amazing. Can't recall the name of his shop.

You can tell the measure of a man by how folks remember him. From what I'm reading here, John would have been a great guy to know. Sorry I didn't get that opportunity, but thank you to everyone for sharing your experiences with him. God speed John..

Too many variables. Would all depend on how much you cut and how frequently you're sharpening, then are you bench grinding or hand filing..I cut very little, comparatively speaking, so some of my chains are 3 or 4 years. I give them a touch up after each use.

Thanks for the offer..That's about an hour north of me. Let me see what I got going on Saturday and maybe I'll swing up.

Spent a good part of Saturday morning processing some of my scrounge. As much as I envy you guys with the log splitters I can't justify the cost, so I'm the splitter. For the amount I use, a plain old single bit ax works perfectly, and its good exercise to boot. Don't get me wrong, if I was...

I've got an overabundance of scrounged wood, probably more then I can burn in 2 or 3 years, but I still can't pass up a good scrounge. Yesterday, the wife and I were out for a walk and I came across this.. Fresh cut oak. Some of those logs are way too long, no way the city will pick them up, so...

I've had poison ivy rash multiple times, absolutely the most miserable experience. I've been told if you're allergic the older you get the worse your reaction will be to it subsequent times. I'm super careful now, especially when out in the woods. Try to wear long sleeves and if I get into a...

I'll give you my .02 cents based on my experience. While I'm not a master logger, I've spent a lot of time in the woods and have worked with foresters and logging companies over the years. Anyway, we have about 100 acres of property in SE WVA that we timbered 2 and a half years ago..mostly...

Didn't notice the tree ring identify. that's pretty cool..I've got a really old oak that's almost petrified..would be curious to know how old it is..

My property is on an old homestead site and I have two of those Hickories, one at each corner of the back of my property..I've always wondered if they planted them as a marker or something. Anyway, they're good size trees, never actually knew what all those nuts were from..now I do. Here's the...

So I went around ID'ing all of the other trees on my property..lot's of water oak, a which I knew, but several which I had no clue what they were..Red maple, pignut hickory and even a huge black cherry. Then I found a patch of swamp magnolia which I wasn't aware of..

wow @Ethobling, you weren't kidding about that app!! Took a picture of the leaves and it ID'd it immediately..pretty incredible.. Curious, do you have a paid subscription for it?

Thanks for the tip @Ethobling..my wife is always using bay leave in soup..maybe I should gather up the leaves and dry some in the dehudrator.. I'll have to give that picture this app a try.

I believe @ATH is correct..did some digging and didn't realize the sweeetbay magnolia is also known as the swamp magnolia..leaves perfectly fit the description @Ethobling mentioned, and they do have a pretty unique smell to them..Thanks guys!!

Thanks @TheTreeSpyder , good to see a fellow Floridian chime in..I've been in Florida nearly 33 years and this tree isn't something I've ever come across..It is as you described, junky..definitely not in the oak family, I can't see any similar characteristics..

Not sure we have shingle oak here in Florida and I didn't see any acorns on it.. If it was a bay leaf, it was the biggest I've ever seen..