Not I! No one who we know - not even Dave Sawyer - has managed to sub-split hickory bast with bark from a tree growing on our place. We don't know why. Perhaps the subspecies here, soil quality, or ??? When we start to subplot ours it just runs out, almost immediately. That makes hickory bast all the more precious for us. And has led to experimenting with tulip poplar bark, which is plentiful. And, honestly, not hickory, but an acceptable substitute if you don't require the very best.
I put on Merlin to ID the bird who was singing away while you were striping the bark. I was wondering if Merlin would record and ID the bird, no problem. The red-eyed vireo's repetitive call was identified without any difficulty.
I brought home two 6-foot lengths of the log. It turns out to have grown so slowly that it's not ideal for some chair parts - too weak for rungs, say - but it'll get turned into stuff. It's gorgeous wood.
Not I! No one who we know - not even Dave Sawyer - has managed to sub-split hickory bast with bark from a tree growing on our place. We don't know why. Perhaps the subspecies here, soil quality, or ??? When we start to subplot ours it just runs out, almost immediately. That makes hickory bast all the more precious for us. And has led to experimenting with tulip poplar bark, which is plentiful. And, honestly, not hickory, but an acceptable substitute if you don't require the very best.
A pleasure as always having you! I’m lucky to have Franklin Chthonics give access to this incredible bounty.
I put on Merlin to ID the bird who was singing away while you were striping the bark. I was wondering if Merlin would record and ID the bird, no problem. The red-eyed vireo's repetitive call was identified without any difficulty.
there were several singing all around us this week.
so the red-eyed and the blue headed vireos and the Rose-breasted grosbeak--nice spot for gathering hickory.
Do you also get some chair parts at same time as harvesting the bark?
I brought home two 6-foot lengths of the log. It turns out to have grown so slowly that it's not ideal for some chair parts - too weak for rungs, say - but it'll get turned into stuff. It's gorgeous wood.