MDWine
Member
OK, now you people have me looking along the roadside and jumping into every conversation where I hear the words "tree", "branch", or "log"!
Now I've found a very nice maple, and a friend tells me that they have some walnut they would provide in exchange for a couple of pens. These finds are downed trees, cut into "log" sections ranging from 12 to 36 inches in length. (I'll stick to the shorter ones because of my back!) The walnut has been down for about 2 years [:0], the maple appears to be perhaps 3 to 6 months?
My questions are these:
If the tree is freshly cut, what is the best method to dry it? keep it indoors? outside in a shelter? Should it be quartered to dry, or kept whole? How long does it need to dry? I would guess it needs to be stickered to some degree, right? Is there any end to this madness?
Any advise is greatly appreciated! (except the one to pull my head outta my ...)[)]
I shoulda remembered to ask Tom while I was over there!
Now I've found a very nice maple, and a friend tells me that they have some walnut they would provide in exchange for a couple of pens. These finds are downed trees, cut into "log" sections ranging from 12 to 36 inches in length. (I'll stick to the shorter ones because of my back!) The walnut has been down for about 2 years [:0], the maple appears to be perhaps 3 to 6 months?
My questions are these:
If the tree is freshly cut, what is the best method to dry it? keep it indoors? outside in a shelter? Should it be quartered to dry, or kept whole? How long does it need to dry? I would guess it needs to be stickered to some degree, right? Is there any end to this madness?
Any advise is greatly appreciated! (except the one to pull my head outta my ...)[)]
I shoulda remembered to ask Tom while I was over there!