tree identification, new saw and tractor

[stihlfanboy]

Need an I'd on this tree. My land is all black oak and ash. Then there's this. Toke it down to alow the black oaks to do better. Last green wood going in the wood shed for this year.

Also added a new saw to the line up, picked up a jonsered 2245 on sale at tsc the other day. The 391 is at the shop getting a new cluch bearing so got my frist non stihl. And I love this saw for small wood but it did cut this semi large tree up. And another tractor in the line up to.

 

[Del_]

Ash.

 

[stihlfanboy]

Ash.

That's what I though it was but it just looks different then the other ash I have. This was the last big one then. Eab killed off all the 12 inch + ones. Only about 5 left in the 3 acur woods when I bought the land.

 

[zogger]

Congrats on new buggy and saw!
Too bad about all the ash trees, but, it gives ya an excuse to seek out some other species and get to planting. Well diversified woods means not being wiped out by the next dang plague.

Monoculture in any kind of ag endeavor looks good and can work..for awhile, but then ya get wiped out.

 

[stihlfanboy]

Congrats on new buggy and saw!
Too bad about all the ash trees, but, it gives ya an excuse to seek out some other species and get to planting. Well diversified woods means not being wiped out by the next dang plague.

Monoculture in any kind of ag endeavor looks good and can work..for awhile, but then ya get wiped out.

It's 3 acurs of my severn. One side is vary helthy thighly packed big black oaks around 18 inch thick aravage. And the other side is ash witch most are in the 6 inch size and only the big ones showed signs of Eab. But there is a nice range of small maples and hickory mixed in there. It really is a nice set of woods. Want to log the black oaks but I'd miss the sight of those nice trees. And they hide my neighbors big construction company.

 

[abbott295]

Zogger, do you remember the corn blight of 1970? I thought we had learned something about the risks of monoculture then, but look at what is happening with relying on Roundup-Ready this and Roundup-Ready that and using Roundup all the time. That is monoculture too and is reaching the end of its usefulness. One of my pet peeves.

Every individual farmer makes an individual economic decision and uses it, but it adds up to monoculture and a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[zogger]

Zogger, do you remember the corn blight of 1970? I thought we had learned something about the risks of monoculture then, but look at what is happening with relying on Roundup-Ready this and Roundup-Ready that and using Roundup all the time. That is monoculture too and is reaching the end of its usefulness. One of my pet peeves.

Every individual farmer makes an individual economic decision and uses it, but it adds up to monoculture and a disaster waiting to happen.

Nope, can't say as I recall the big 70 corn blight, but I for sure can see what is happening with poultry now. It's nuts and guaranteed no money and disaster.

The more I work here, the more I am convinced we need a return to well diversified smaller family farms, and also using heirloom well adapted seed stock and local evolved and selected critter stock.