Dead Tree

This is a tree along the path to snake lake. We had the brush cleared and the slag heap leveled out to reclaim that old strip mine and make it productive. The plan is to get some topsoil moved in there. This tree lost the fight for survival, it seems. the sun gets scotching hot reflecting off the shale slag left over from mining. This mine was done forty years ago, and nothing was required then to reclaim the property. We will have to rely on volunteer dirt haulers for now. Anyone local who needs to dump a load of just dirt, no trash, can feel free to donate. Check my profile for contact information.

A few pics

Here are some pictures I've wanted to share.

David L. Spreading some seed on the barn site. We want something to hold the soil in place, and as things go, we are a slow moving crew. The several weeks it will take for fescue to grow will be used gathering more wood for the basic frame.

 

This will be the tree centered in our turn around at the end of the driveway. It's quite large, and despite having a little lean, it is very sturdy. Below is a photo of her leaves. Any good tree aficionados out there able to give me an I.D. ?

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Tulip poplar trunk

This sucker is 60 feet long, and 22 inch diameter at the small end! It was standing in the wood below our dam, damaged by the winter ice storm. Most of the top had been broken out of it.

Some of the smaller dimension boards.

These are some of the smaller dimension boards. Less than ten percent of the haul is represented here. Will have more new wood to use also, as we have a few trees we had to take down for the building, and the road. Losing a great tree can be very sad, but then being able to use the tree to some other purpose helps lessen the blow.  It supports greening the environment by sequestering the trees built up carbon content.

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