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  • From: "roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
  • Cc: "homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] fencing (not the olympic sport)
  • Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:32:27 +0000

The new farmers hated osage and cut it all down if they could. there are
still a few trees here and there and the neighbors thought i was nuts to want
some on our land, lol.

black locust is also supposed to be excellent rot resistant posts.

i do know that in archaeological digs, they do find the charred remains of
posts, so it must give it some resistance to decay and rot. the non-charred
parts were never found. also, many fire pits are found in these parts, with
old charcoal left in them. so charcoal does stick around for a long long time.

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)






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