Sounds a lot like ethnic cleansing to me. I'm calling the UN.
But seriously; that big spruce looks to me like a terrible, useless tree. That picture of it after you've lopped off all the branches ... I look at all those stumps (branch collars!) and imagine how full of huge knots the planks inside would be. Useless! Not even very good as fire wood. Food for the chip-board mill. But felling it so the critters can use it to cross the river was brilliant :-)
They've planted a lot of Sitka Spruce along the West Coast here, but they're regretting that now, if I've understood things correctly. Now they want to get rid of them. I've never walked in a Sitka forest, but there's plenty of normal spruce around. They make such dark and miserable forests ... with their dead, black brances scratching at you like gangrenous fingers ...
I don't use much spruce in the shop, but it's what they use to build houses of here so it's the most common wood. I like clear and tight-grown spruce, tho'! Light and springy -- proper aircraft wood ... or spars for boats!
It's "norweigenicide" for sure and many (about 25) have fallen at the end of my saw. It kind of is ethnic cleansing in a way.
Funny you should mention the chip-board mill - there's one up the road (called Egger) and most of this stuff is headed there. None of the wood in the place is tight grained. It's all fast grown with wide spongy growth rings - low grade construction timber at best. Some of it is pretty clear though. Still, I reckon you'd rather use bamboo than this stuff.
Having said that, I've got about 20 three metre logs put to one side for myself. For something that may or may not happen. Worst case scenario is that I have kindling for the next twenty years.
Getting rid of all the Norwegian trees, eh?
Sounds a lot like ethnic cleansing to me. I'm calling the UN.
But seriously; that big spruce looks to me like a terrible, useless tree. That picture of it after you've lopped off all the branches ... I look at all those stumps (branch collars!) and imagine how full of huge knots the planks inside would be. Useless! Not even very good as fire wood. Food for the chip-board mill. But felling it so the critters can use it to cross the river was brilliant :-)
They've planted a lot of Sitka Spruce along the West Coast here, but they're regretting that now, if I've understood things correctly. Now they want to get rid of them. I've never walked in a Sitka forest, but there's plenty of normal spruce around. They make such dark and miserable forests ... with their dead, black brances scratching at you like gangrenous fingers ...
I don't use much spruce in the shop, but it's what they use to build houses of here so it's the most common wood. I like clear and tight-grown spruce, tho'! Light and springy -- proper aircraft wood ... or spars for boats!
I'll shut up now :-)
It's "norweigenicide" for sure and many (about 25) have fallen at the end of my saw. It kind of is ethnic cleansing in a way.
Funny you should mention the chip-board mill - there's one up the road (called Egger) and most of this stuff is headed there. None of the wood in the place is tight grained. It's all fast grown with wide spongy growth rings - low grade construction timber at best. Some of it is pretty clear though. Still, I reckon you'd rather use bamboo than this stuff.
Having said that, I've got about 20 three metre logs put to one side for myself. For something that may or may not happen. Worst case scenario is that I have kindling for the next twenty years.
" ... many have fallen at the end of my saw."
We'll consider it payback for what the vikings got up to and speak no more of it.
Deal.