Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[MustangMike]

Very Nice!

 

[olyman]

I actually don't need the net...trailer rides so smooth, even on rough roads, that its likely unnecessary. But it looks good.

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true dat,, BUTTTTT, with the DOT the way they are getting,, its better to have the net....

 

[olyman]

Boy oh boy, this site has been buzzy since my last check in.
SVK is running out of spruce and ash, hard to believe. The soft woods are easy to come by. My neighbor asked if I burn pine, I said yes and he delivered almost 20 cord. .
Carry on.

20 CORD??? holey palousah!!!! even being pine,, thats a LOTTT of burn time!!!!!!

 

[steved]

Mulberry bark pics, as promised. One of just bark, and one of a limb that I trimmed a few months ago.View attachment 391267 View attachment 391268

Morning folks.

Yeah, that's as close as you can get...

Cool, at least I know what I'm burning! Mulberry isn't a tree where I grew up, didn't even know it made it as far as PA.

Thanks!

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[steved]

Oh yeah dude, that sounds perfect. I was kind of hoping to eliminate the need for a trailer but I don't think that's an option. No matter what size truck I buy, it will never be able to hold as much as a good trailer. Trailer's will be cheaper too. I'll need the van to carry all my gear too.

Just remember, they get heavy and will test the tow vehicle.

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[olyman]

Bought a pair of used steel toe rubber fireman's boots from a flea market for $5. I know, kind of nasty wearing some old boots but the price couldn't be beat. I've looked around at rubber steel toe boots and some of them are insanely expensive. .[/QUOTE]
get a quart of water. put in 5 drops of pure bleach. shake well. pour 1/2 qt in each boot, and shake it around in there,,so the whole inside is thoroughly covered. then pour out, and let dry. nothing at all will be alive,,, nothing...

 

[svk]

The downside of cutting yard trees is the need to clean up every dog gone branch. Still hauling brush from my NYE cutting.

 

[MustangMike]

So, yesterday I cut, today I split, another nice load of Ash got delivered! And the place I delivered to is near my Grand kids, so I stopped by to visit afterwards. They are now 8, 5 and 6 months old!

 

[olyman]

Hey Ambull , plaster these up as you leave , take them down when you get there LOL

WHERE!! did you buy these at????

 

[olyman]

1 of the scrounging commandments.
only saw what you can haul. to many low life pieces of crap out there.

and right there,, is a WHOLE bunch of truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[benp]

That's awesome Dan!!!

 

[SteveSS]

Yeah, that's as close as you can get...

Cool, at least I know what I'm burning! Mulberry isn't a tree where I grew up, didn't even know it made it as far as PA.

Thanks!

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If you can find a living one (or two), the berries practically overload the trees in the summer, and they make great wine.

 

[steved]

If you can find a living one (or two), the berries practically overload the trees in the summer, and they make great wine.

I've made wine out of the bush variety. Have a few of them at the parents...just never saw a "tree".

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[MustangMike]

I've never cut the wood, but I have a little one of those in the lot in back of my house (I own it). It gets a lot of berries every year. How difficult is it to turn it into wine? (and how good is it?)

 

[dancan]

Thanks Ben !
Even the weather was great , near 30* and sunny
Hope to get out there tomorrow and haul back a load or two , gonna get sun but a high of 12*

 

[benp]

I've never cut the wood, but I have a little one of those in the lot in back of my house (I own it). It gets a lot of berries every year. How difficult is it to turn it into wine? (and how good is it?)

What Mike said.

 

[steved]

I've never cut the wood, but I have a little one of those in the lot in back of my house (I own it). It gets a lot of berries every year. How difficult is it to turn it into wine? (and how good is it?)

Yum! We have some from 1998...mmmm-mmmmm!

Its easy to make...a crock, sugar, berries, water, and a little yeast and let it sit. You can even use a plastic bucket for the crock in a pinch.

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[SteveSS]

I've never cut the wood, but I have a little one of those in the lot in back of my house (I own it). It gets a lot of berries every year. How difficult is it to turn it into wine? (and how good is it?)

It's good! Even better when you make it yourself. Sent you a PM with a basic wine recipe.

 

[benp]

It's good! Even better when you make it yourself. Sent you a PM with a basic wine recipe.

Could this be made with Raspberries you think Steve?

The reason I ask is that I live smack dab in the middle of a MANY acre raspberry patch.

Always nice to broaden your horizons.

 

[SteveSS]

Sure. You can make wine from anything. I love pretty much any kind of berry wine. There's a dandelion recipe floating around another forum that I visit that I really want to try, but don't have that many weeds in my yard, and I don't want "dog pee'd" weeds from the city parks.