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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?/wood for posts
- From: road's end farm <organic101 AT linkny.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?/wood for posts
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:47:18 -0500
On Nov 14, 2007, at 7:59 PM, Shawnee Flowerfarmer wrote:
<x-tad-smaller> Catalpa trees provide one of the few temperate forest woods that don't rot the way expensive lumber like teak doesn't. A professor at Morton Arboretum says that there are still Catalpa fence posts in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin from the 1830's/40's. </x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller> Catalpa seeds germinate within two weeks of harvest, and the tree, while young, can grow five feet a year with nurturing. Before using a source like teak, you might be on the look out for catalpa salvage. Just this week, a young arborist told me about cutting down a 100 year old catalpa; he wanted a place to dump the wood.</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller> Also, today an elderly farmer asked me if I could start a crop of Osage Orange trees for him. He remembers how rot resistent the wood is and recalled that a chain saw could barely cut down an old one, throwing sparks in every direction.</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller> Remember, there were solutions to lumber decay before there was treated wood and before it was common to clear cut tropical rainforests to meet our needs.</x-tad-smaller>
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<x-tad-smaller> Shawnee, zone 5 with spectacular sunsets this week....</x-tad-smaller>
The classic wood for fenceposts in this area used to be thorny locust (black locust I think); still occasionally available.
If it's not already growing in your area, however, use caution: in some situations this can be invasive. And it's very hard to get rid of, once established: it regrows very fast when it's cut, which is useful for fenceposts or firewood, not so good if you don't want it there.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
E C GRANATA, 11/10/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
road's end farm, 11/10/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?, E C GRANATA, 11/11/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Maurice Smith, 11/12/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Kate Halstead, 11/12/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?, Maurice Smith, 11/12/2007
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[Market-farming] Kate! potato harvest!,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 11/12/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Kate! potato harvest!, Kate Halstead, 11/12/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Kate Halstead, 11/12/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Steve Rankin, 11/13/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 11/14/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?/wood for posts,
road's end farm, 11/14/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Bill Shoemaker, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Allan Balliett, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Bill Shoemaker, 11/15/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?, Allan Balliett, 11/15/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?, maury sheets, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Bill Shoemaker, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Allan Balliett, 11/15/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?, maury sheets, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] wood for posts - Coppicing?,
Bill Shoemaker, 11/15/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?/wood for posts,
road's end farm, 11/14/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 11/14/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] pressure treated organic?,
road's end farm, 11/10/2007
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