deep woods goat hunter
PMA Member
Picket up cedar lumber from the mill last night. Pretty wood, going to varnish after work to try to help keep its color.
deep woods goat hunter
PMA Member
Post varnished. Local guy said this is the stuff tonput on it to bring out/retain the color of the heartwood
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hillrunner
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Looks good, did you have it kiln dried?Post varnished. Local guy said this is the stuff tonput on it to bring out/retain the color of the heartwood
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deep woods goat hunter
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Nope, consulted several wood guys on this and discovered that ERC has low moisture content to begin with and for the post applicatoin was not needed. Had moisture tested heartwood yesterday and was at 12%, white wood at 20%. Also learned that this specific type of varnish slows the drying process which prevents cracking. I've got themlaid out flat and level should be in good shape on that front. Finding a kiln that big would also be tough.
Bucksnbears
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Those look great!
deep woods goat hunter
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Finally got them finished up yesterday afternoon. Shew glad that’s done!
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Fungus. That’s what causes cedar apple rust on apple trees.
Bucksnbears
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Harmless!!!!
Even for apple trees…. Ones that are susceptible….. 2 spring/early summer sprayings with myclobutinyl & problem solved.
Jwest
Member
Continuing my war on cedars. This is a half acre of overgrown cedars (it gets thicker than what the picture shows). My plan here is to clear cut the cedars and actually replant cedars in a sporadic pattern and not letting them spread. I was thinking doing half the section in cedars and the other half in sporadic oaks, chestnuts maybe? Looking for ideas. This is a south facing slope. Trying to create better bedding area, would be hard to access it to hunt so not sure if planting oaks/chestnuts in their bedroom would be worth it. Aerials from 1930 show the landscape as pasture ground.
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Tmayer13
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I would hire a mulcher to come in there and take them all out(contact @IowaBowHunter1983 ) and in NO WAY would I plant them again. you will most like get a few volunteer trees to come backs anyways. I would see whats in the seed bank first before planting any trees. ALSO I would contact your local NRCS office and see if they want to pay for the tree removal under the brush management program....good luck
Continuing my war on cedars. This is a half acre of overgrown cedars (it gets thicker than what the picture shows). My plan here is to clear cut the cedars and actually replant cedars in a sporadic pattern and not letting them spread. I was thinking doing half the section in cedars and the other half in sporadic oaks, chestnuts maybe? Looking for ideas. This is a south facing slope. Trying to create better bedding area, would be hard to access it to hunt so not sure if planting oaks/chestnuts in their bedroom would be worth it. Aerials from 1930 show the landscape as pasture ground.
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Jwest
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I am too cheap to hire someone to do it. I’ll use the chainsaw and make brush piles for small game and burn some of the rest. This is also my backyard so I don’t have to do it all in one day. That is also why I was thinking about planting some new cedars, I can easily manage this area without the concern of them getting too thick again.
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hillrunner
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I would guess the volunteer cedars will blow right by anything you plant but it's not expensive to try.
Austin
Member
Skip those cedars look like they were 6+ ft when you transplanted them? How well did they do? High success rate of them living with them that size?
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Jwest
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Thought I would share cedar removal project on my property.
So thick nothing was using them.
After removal. There was some elms in there that I did a mix of flush cut and hinge cut. I then frost seeded a native seed mix
Current vegetation is about 5’ tall, super happy with first year growth. I also planted native shrubs throughout like plums, chokecherry and a few service berries. Most likely will reset it in sections maybe every 3-4 years with fire. have some more cedars to remove this winter. Lot of browsing evident from deer. South facing slope, I am expecting them to utilize this as bedding in winter.
Only top quarter of these cedars are alive as they self pruned themselves over the years as they got too thick.
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So thick nothing was using them.
After removal. There was some elms in there that I did a mix of flush cut and hinge cut. I then frost seeded a native seed mix
Current vegetation is about 5’ tall, super happy with first year growth. I also planted native shrubs throughout like plums, chokecherry and a few service berries. Most likely will reset it in sections maybe every 3-4 years with fire. have some more cedars to remove this winter. Lot of browsing evident from deer. South facing slope, I am expecting them to utilize this as bedding in winter.
Only top quarter of these cedars are alive as they self pruned themselves over the years as they got too thick.
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hillrunner
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Did you haul the cedars out?Thought I would share cedar removal project on my property.
So thick nothing was using them.
After removal. There was some elms in there that I did a mix of flush cut and hinge cut. I then frost seeded a native seed mix
Current vegetation is about 5’ tall, super happy with first year growth. I also planted native shrubs throughout like plums, chokecherry and a few service berries. Most likely will reset it in sections maybe every 3-4 years with fire. have some more cedars to remove this winter. Lot of browsing evident from deer. South facing slope, I am expecting them to utilize this as bedding in winter.
Only top quarter of these cedars are alive as they self pruned themselves over the years as they got too thick.
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