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Post by nhmountains on Aug 17, 2018 18:07:56 GMT -6
I have never heard of hackberry before today. I looked it up. I guess it's native here in NH and is part of the cannabis family. What you guys do with the leaves? Foggy how was the wood smell burning? I think it was some of the best wood I every burned.....next to oak and ash.....IMO. Was really nice for splitting....heavy.....and clean.....no soot.....little sap.....dried easily. Did it smell like pot? I'm wondering how a tree is part of the hemp family?
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 17, 2018 19:07:49 GMT -6
It makes nice slabs for a bar top...
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Post by sd51555 on Aug 17, 2018 22:17:51 GMT -6
It makes nice slabs for a bar top... Oh Bad ass!
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Aug 18, 2018 7:29:16 GMT -6
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 18, 2018 7:29:16 GMT -6
I have never heard of hackberry before today. I looked it up. I guess it's native here in NH and is part of the cannabis family. What you guys do with the leaves? Foggy how was the wood smell burning? I think it was some of the best wood I every burned.....next to oak and ash.....IMO. Was really nice for splitting....heavy.....and clean.....no soot.....little sap.....dried easily. It burns nice! I have a few to cut this winter.
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Post by daydreamer on Aug 18, 2018 7:37:08 GMT -6
It makes nice slabs for a bar top... That is sharp looking Cat! Superb
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 18, 2018 7:52:17 GMT -6
It makes nice slabs for a bar top... That is sharp looking Cat! Superb Thanks guys. It was a cool project; cut the trees down myself, stacked & dried the logs, milled the slabs, and then installed and finished everything myself.
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Post by wiscwhip on Aug 18, 2018 8:21:39 GMT -6
That's awesome!
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Post by gsquared23 on Aug 19, 2018 14:21:06 GMT -6
If it's in an area that could use the sunlight, hackberry goes down, especially as it's so easy to identify in the winter when I'm cutting. Leave a few for diversity.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Aug 19, 2018 15:09:03 GMT -6
That is sharp looking Cat! Superb Thanks guys. It was a cool project; cut the trees down myself, stacked & dried the logs, milled the slabs, and then installed and finished everything myself. I love that ... a great way to use your trees!!
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 19, 2018 15:12:59 GMT -6
So far most of my basement has been built using stuff from the place; including trim and a tree for a post.
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Post by jbird on Aug 20, 2018 11:22:25 GMT -6
Going from memory here, but when we used to burn it for heat - it does best with an already established fire. It burns best in a hot fire and isn't the best for starting a fire or for a low temp fire. I never noticed any sort of smell....so no getting high! The bigger stuff will have a wide, off white/light grey sapwood while the heartwood will be very dark grey to almost black in color, with maybe some purple hints in it as well.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Mar 18, 2024 10:25:59 GMT -6
I have 25 hackberry to plant in Minnesota, in areas where I’ve cut buckthorn & Boxelder. Mix in a few oaks in the areas with more sun. They seem to shoot up pretty fast in a tube!
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 8, 2024 6:12:22 GMT -6
I had my eye on the timber as we walked in Iowa …a lot of hackberry! Young and a few mature . Seems to be pockets .
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