tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post5860423161818720955..comments2021-05-05T03:04:25.631-07:00Comments on Windham County: TreesCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-41461248963669014372011-01-11T07:54:10.177-08:002011-01-11T07:54:10.177-08:00Doh!! - you guessed right. A 16-foot circumference...Doh!! - you guessed right. A 16-foot circumference tulip tree there has a diam. of 61 inches. A couple of photos here: http://www.largessforestry.com/page9.html. Glad to see how you're keeping things wild.stephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-70163896966831101962011-01-10T06:23:17.519-08:002011-01-10T06:23:17.519-08:00Hey Steph, glad you're reading. I definitely ...Hey Steph, glad you're reading. I definitely don't have any 13 foot diameter trees -- but I'm guessing you meant circumference? Our east coast trees aren't like the sequoias. Anyway, that's really interesting, that such an entity could somehow survive. I will definitely check out the link.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-44662747331721176622011-01-09T18:19:21.313-08:002011-01-09T18:19:21.313-08:00I had never heard the term "old growth forest...I had never heard the term "old growth forest" until 8 or 9 years ago when one was "discovered" in my hometown in South Jersey, sandwiched between the high school, 2 high rise apartment buildings, a water tower and a giant shopping center -- See http://www.saddlerswoods.org/4436.html. Some of the trees were up to 13 feet in diameter and experts have claimed that it is one of the last/best examples of old growth forest on the whole east coast. When I was in high school, it was the place to go and "hang out," and nobody even knew they were carving their initials in trees that were around when Native Americans had the only lacrosse team in town!stephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-25575954634308835742011-01-09T13:20:52.320-08:002011-01-09T13:20:52.320-08:00For sure. I was a little nervous about it to tell ...For sure. I was a little nervous about it to tell you the truth, but they both came down beautifully.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-62008481102100077092011-01-09T08:31:17.749-08:002011-01-09T08:31:17.749-08:00Falling a 30 inch diameter oak isn't trivial w...Falling a 30 inch diameter oak isn't trivial work. I have a new perspective...Danielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-64617898021872424372011-01-08T08:16:32.387-08:002011-01-08T08:16:32.387-08:00I'm looking forward to seeing the photos of th...I'm looking forward to seeing the photos of the older forest. It'll be interesting to see the difference. <br /><br />We just bought a wood stove, having it delivered and installed on Thursday. Looking forward to heating the house with wood. We saved one of the oaks we had cut down last May, and are so glad to be stacking it up for firewood for next winter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-46684014684269339432011-01-08T05:36:48.768-08:002011-01-08T05:36:48.768-08:00The trees are definitely worthy saw logs, but I do...The trees are definitely worthy saw logs, but I don't think anybody would come in here for just two of them, and my equipment won't get them, so they'll just end up as firewood. I'll check out those resources.<br /><br />Yes, I'm sure this is not primeval growth. But it's definitely more mature than most of what you see. And the barbed wire is a confirming clue to what has happened here in the past 100 years or so.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282078313959653531.post-61551679173719653572011-01-07T17:50:47.964-08:002011-01-07T17:50:47.964-08:00Are you having the oak milled, or just cutting and...Are you having the oak milled, or just cutting and stacking for firewood?<br /><br />Chances are that you don't have old growth. I know for certain that the only old growth left in Massachusetts is on hills so steep that loggers couldn't safely access the trees. We're talking really inaccessible places.<br /><br />There's a wonderful book you might want to get called "Reading the Forested Landscape" by Tom Wessels: http://www.countrymanpress.com/titles/ReadingForestedLandscape.html<br />and<br />http://www.rowecenter.org/schedule/2002/wessels.html<br /><br />Enjoy the fresh snow! I'm looking forward to the photo of the older growth.C. Coraxnoreply@blogger.com