robutacion said:Nicely done Charles...!:wink:
Is that one of mine...??? it looks like it and the general consensus is that She-Oak has a lighter reds and the rays are smaller/tighter, while its counterpart Bull-Oak also know as Bullock, has darker reds and the rays are a lot wider.
It that blank is one of mine, you have a rare species of the Oaks family, which is the combination of these 2 species generically modified by some nursery somewhere and planted all along the old Highway between McLaren Vale and Mt.Compass (where I live).
The local Council have decided to plant these new oaks in council land and as a nice tree edge in certain areas of this road, particularly in large interceptions where a miniature type garden was planted. Some are just planted about 10 meters off the roads edge and in a certain formation to maximize its effect...!
The only problem with these new/experimental oaks, which are called She/Bull-Oaks, for the reasons above explained, did not take well to the terrain/soil and atmospheric conditions, with the biggest enemy being the Termites that just love to eat this wood...!
This "planting" project was done around the 1990's, making the trees that are still standing, about 20 years old, a very short expectancy life indeed. Some of the newer trees have developed from seeds form their mother trees, the majority of what is still standing are these second generation of She/Bull-Oaks, the rest has been ripped and chipped by the Council guys and have been replaced with other species, that I don't know exactly what they are, yet.
I have been fortunate to access some of these trees that have been condemned to be destroyed, most are badly Termite affected, which will require some special attention when handling it and particularly when this wood is brought home, to be put together with other non-affected woods so, cleaning the wood and poisoning the termites is a must before that wood lives its original location.
There is another use this dead trees are very sourced for, and that is firewood, no doubt, one of the best woods there is for this purpose so, there is a lot of trees cutting/stealing, around here. While I have Council permission to remove and dispose to my own responsibility, some of these trees that have to be, inspected and marked by Council inspectors prior to removal, some don't care of any of that...!
I had some of the best/bigger trees of this She/Bull-Oak stolen, after they were cut and due to the small trailer we have (6x4), where left piled and covered with a brown tarp, where they fall (already all cut up...!), this time due to the trailer capacity and also the fact that we were tired from working all day in the sun and don't wanting to spend most of the night, going backs and forwards loading and unloading what would be a 5 trailer volume. We, comeback the next early morning to get the next load and, it was ALL gone, the only thing that was left behind were 4 empty can of energy drink, that these guys used to give them the energy to work very fast...!
Lesson learned, we only cut now what we can take with us in that trailer, unless we hire a truck to load it all in one go (used a few times already...)
So, and I'm sorry Charles and everyone else, to make this post so long but, that is the story of the She/Bull-Oak wood from this part of the Planet...!:wink:
Cheers
George
robutacion said:Nicely done Charles...!:wink:
Is that one of mine...??? it looks like it and the general consensus is that She-Oak has a lighter reds and the rays are smaller/tighter, while its counterpart Bull-Oak also know as Bullock, has darker reds and the rays are a lot wider.
It that blank is one of mine, you have a rare species of the Oaks family, which is the combination of these 2 species generically modified by some nursery somewhere and planted all along the old Highway between McLaren Vale and Mt.Compass (where I live).
The local Council have decided to plant these new oaks in council land and as a nice tree edge in certain areas of this road, particularly in large interceptions where a miniature type garden was planted. Some are just planted about 10 meters off the roads edge and in a certain formation to maximize its effect...!
The only problem with these new/experimental oaks, which are called She/Bull-Oaks, for the reasons above explained, did not take well to the terrain/soil and atmospheric conditions, with the biggest enemy being the Termites that just love to eat this wood...!
This "planting" project was done around the 1990's, making the trees that are still standing, about 20 years old, a very short expectancy life indeed. Some of the newer trees have developed from seeds form their mother trees, the majority of what is still standing are these second generation of She/Bull-Oaks, the rest has been ripped and chipped by the Council guys and have been replaced with other species, that I don't know exactly what they are, yet.
I have been fortunate to access some of these trees that have been condemned to be destroyed, most are badly Termite affected, which will require some special attention when handling it and particularly when this wood is brought home, to be put together with other non-affected woods so, cleaning the wood and poisoning the termites is a must before that wood lives its original location.
There is another use this dead trees are very sourced for, and that is firewood, no doubt, one of the best woods there is for this purpose so, there is a lot of trees cutting/stealing, around here. While I have Council permission to remove and dispose to my own responsibility, some of these trees that have to be, inspected and marked by Council inspectors prior to removal, some don't care of any of that...!
I had some of the best/bigger trees of this She/Bull-Oak stolen, after they were cut and due to the small trailer we have (6x4), where left piled and covered with a brown tarp, where they fall (already all cut up...!), this time due to the trailer capacity and also the fact that we were tired from working all day in the sun and don't wanting to spend most of the night, going backs and forwards loading and unloading what would be a 5 trailer volume. We, comeback the next early morning to get the next load and, it was ALL gone, the only thing that was left behind were 4 empty can of energy drink, that these guys used to give them the energy to work very fast...!
Lesson learned, we only cut now what we can take with us in that trailer, unless we hire a truck to load it all in one go (used a few times already...)
So, and I'm sorry Charles and everyone else, to make this post so long but, that is the story of the She/Bull-Oak wood from this part of the Planet...!:wink:
Cheers
George
Hey George,
Yes it is your's! I love reading your stories and thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Charles
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