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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Firewood cutting underway
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:05:44 -0500

He creates his own standing dead wood. There is a lot to be said for that. It is surely easier on the back, less weight to move and haul.

B

Gene GeRue wrote:
On Jan 11, 2009, at 9:42 PM, EarthNSky wrote:

I have also read that you should cut wood just before the full moon, as
the sap rises. The sap would be at maximum level at full moon.


I have a friend who is a superb woodsman. He rings oak trees with the chainsaw, lets them dry standing, then cuts them down and works up the firewood.



Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com




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