Subject: Wood Logs
Content: Okay everybody, I need some help from all of you very smart and wise people out there. I built my home in the woods. That means that I have very large abundance of firewood. Although I don't have a wood burning fireplace any longer (I put in gas logs), I still have a large supply of wood. One of my trees which I cut down recently was a walnut tree. I know what you are thinking and I am not that stupid that I would burn walnut. (I still have a large supply of walnut that I bought many many years ago. I had a sawmill that would call me when they got a walnut log and I would buy it for, get ready for this, 15 cents a board foot and 5 cents to saw it) My question to all of you is how do I treat the limbs from this tree to keep the bark on? I want to try my hand at carving some figures about 16 to 20 inches tall and I want the base to still have the bark on it. The reason I cut this tree down is that it grew too tall and was affecting my satellite signal. The tree was probably 60-70 feet tall and 20-24 inches diameter at the base of the tree. The first limbs were probably about 20-25 feet up. Going to get some nice boards out of it. Looking forward to getting some very wise information from all of you. Thanks
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