On 04/01/2019 2:28 p.m., AMuzi wrote:
On 1/4/2019 12:27 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 1:15:07 PM UTC-5, AMuzi wrote:
On 1/4/2019 11:25 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/3/2019 10:41 PM, John B. Slocomb wrote:

Is there any demand for ash lumber? I believe that in New
England some
elm trees infected or killed by the Dutch Elm Disease are
being
gobbled up by companies that specialize in making solid wood
furniture.

My understanding is that there is value in fresh ash, but
that when an ash tree dies, its value goes to zero in a year
or so. Supposedly the wood becomes too brittle.

One proposal was to harvest all the ash in this forest,
paying something like $40,000 for the privilege. It would
have destroyed large patches of the forest floor, which is
famous for its wildflowers (some quite exotic). And it would
have left massive piles of branches at the site of each
tree. The public rejected that idea.

Within a year, the price of ash had fallen so low that all
such ideas were out the window. Supply had greatly exceeded
demand.


"left massive piles of branches at the site"

Huh. I thought they would burn the branches on site to roast
the little buggers.

You mean you thought they'd turn the ash to ashes? LOL

There's a constant admonishment to not move lumber/logs/mulch as it may
spread the insects. I assumed that if there were uninfected trees in the
area a pile of infected branches would be a liability. I'm not an expert
just wondering.


Here I had two felled before they fell on their own. I had to keep them
on my property until fall when the bugs went dormant.

I guess the idea is that if they are already in my yard there's a good
chance that they're in my neighbor's yard so better to not move them
somewhere that is not yet infested.