assateague wrote:For those that live there/know better, does everybody who lives there burn pine because there's nothing else? Or do they have some sort of attachment to it? Watching this show on TV, everyone is cutting firewood, and I can't help but think that they wouldn't need 25 cords of wood to get through a winter if they'd burn something besides crap ass pine.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
3legged_lab wrote:Lodgepole is the most common fire wood here.
assateague wrote:I think it's called Yukon Men. I noticed it on some other show, too. I suppose I should have said spruce to be correct. But everybody is out there cutting wood for the winter, hauling around logs for splitting, and every damn thing they cut down, every woodpile they show is nothing but spruce. That's why, when the guy said he needed 25 cords to get through winter, I thought "no shit, you probably have to get up every 45 minutes to reload the stove, too". But I figured maybe that's all they have, even though I've never seen a forest which was 100% conifer. Every place has some hardwoods in it, if you try a little bit.
Olly wrote:Alaska has always fascinated me. I'm going to try and do at least one tour there while I'm in the CG, I'm afraid that if I do go up there I'll never come back
AKPirate wrote:Olly wrote:Alaska has always fascinated me. I'm going to try and do at least one tour there while I'm in the CG, I'm afraid that if I do go up there I'll never come back
Kodiak would be a great place to get stationed!
Olly wrote:AKPirate wrote:Olly wrote:Alaska has always fascinated me. I'm going to try and do at least one tour there while I'm in the CG, I'm afraid that if I do go up there I'll never come back
Kodiak would be a great place to get stationed!
I've heard that a lot, but I don't know how I feel about living on an island. I like to go all over and explore.
waterfowlman wrote:AK
Have you ever watched the show : "Alaska-the last frontier"? That family they portray seems to really have living there figured out.
assateague wrote:That just led me to Google this. Pretty interesting, actually, and surprising. The silver maple I burn apparently isn't worth much, although it certainly seems like it. And I can't believe how low black walnut and cherry are, after burning a bunch last year.
http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
bill herian wrote:What kind of birch do you have up there?
assateague wrote:waterfowlman wrote:AK
Have you ever watched the show : "Alaska-the last frontier"? That family they portray seems to really have living there figured out.
That's the other one I was thinking of. Thanks Rick! they're always out cutting spruce, too.
bill herian wrote:Assa, that link is fabulous. Bookmarking that one.
waterfowlman wrote:assateague wrote:waterfowlman wrote:AK
Have you ever watched the show : "Alaska-the last frontier"? That family they portray seems to really have living there figured out.
That's the other one I was thinking of. Thanks Rick! they're always out cutting spruce, too.
The way they explained it Jim is that there was some sort of blight that killed all of those trees. They've got standing dry, seasoned wood to cut.
assateague wrote:That just led me to Google this. Pretty interesting, actually, and surprising. The silver maple I burn apparently isn't worth much, although it certainly seems like it. And I can't believe how low black walnut and cherry are, after burning a bunch last year.
http://www.chimneysweeponline.com/howood.htm
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waterfowlman wrote:ManlyMan wrote:OBAMA!
Fuck Obama and the horse he rode in on.
Bootlipkiller wrote: all the mallards I killed today had boners do to my epic calling.
assateague wrote:waterfowlman wrote:AK
Have you ever watched the show : "Alaska-the last frontier"? That family they portray seems to really have living there figured out.
That's the other one I was thinking of. Thanks Rick! they're always out cutting spruce, too.
bill herian wrote:Neat. Betula are some of my favorite trees. Their bark has some heavyweight antifungal compounds which is why injuns made shit out of it. You could store food in a birchbark basket and it wouldn't rot.
Even more impressive, vikings are known to have lined their mukluks with birchbark which kept them from getting athlete's foot-like skin diseases from always having damp feet.
I've heard that birch is also being incorporated into AIDS research.
Olly wrote: We're still the bastard pirates of the duck forum world.
waterfowlman wrote:assateague wrote:waterfowlman wrote:AK
Have you ever watched the show : "Alaska-the last frontier"? That family they portray seems to really have living there figured out.
That's the other one I was thinking of. Thanks Rick! they're always out cutting spruce, too.
The way they explained it Jim is that there was some sort of blight that killed all of those trees. They've got standing dry, seasoned wood to cut.
bill herian wrote:Neat. Betula are some of my favorite trees. Their bark has some heavyweight antifungal compounds which is why injuns made shit out of it. You could store food in a birchbark basket and it wouldn't rot.
Even more impressive, vikings are known to have lined their mukluks with birchbark which kept them from getting athlete's foot-like skin diseases from always having damp feet.
I've heard that birch is also being incorporated into AIDS research.
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