Northern weather

[robert.]

My story is filled with holes. I got it from fourth hand reporting. Kind of yahoo news style.
These trees were owned by the home owner.
People who paid a small fee to have ash trees removed may keep it for firewood. For personal use only. Most of the these ash trees were away from utility lines. Those have not been cut yet. All the trees removed at this point are within damage range of utilities.
Infested trees are tossed into a large machine. This machine is a cross between a carnival ride/popcorn maker/cotton candy maker. It whirls them around a very large bowl. Making sawdust out anything it eats. This is to kill the ash borer..
All trees are now getting marked with paint stating “ remove” and a number.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Seems complicated and still doesn't explain how some git with a chainsaw was out cutting ash and cut Oak by mistake. That kind of mistake tends to be made by someone that should not be owningor using a chainsaw.

I know that around my place in PA, we just cut and burn as we want, and I know that some of the ash that was cut on my property traveled elsewhere......to someone else's wood pile for this winter's heating.

[robert.]

The problem comes from the top. They tell a guy to have trees marked with pink ribbon cut. Then he tells a guy take your grew and cut all the trees marked with s pink ribbon. Out goes a crew to fell trees. Nobody pays attention. Along comes a guy with a large machine. He notices pink ribbon on 3 trees and wham bam they’re on the ground. Lack of communication. Our country’s work force is filled with it. From the top down

[E7]

They (the town) should have called Louisville Slugger or one of the other baseball bat outfits....maybe could have got cut down for free, for bat material.

Oak is way too heavy/dense.

My bad for not being clearer, but I meant to cut down the Ash trees, which might have eliminated the oak tree dilemma! Ash is definitely bat material, and I'm guessing that a bat maker might have bit on an offer of free material, although I don't recall the original reason the trees were being removed. That might have rendered them unsuitable for anything.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Oak is way too heavy/dense.

My bad for not being clearer, but I meant to cut down the Ash trees, which might have eliminated the oak tree dilemma! Ash is definitely bat material, and I'm guessing that a bat maker might have bit on an offer of free material, although I don't recall the original reason the trees were being removed. That might have rendered them unsuitable for anything.

Ash borer and that makes them totally unsuitable; bit of a shortage of ash now for bats.......

[healey36]

A light frost this AM has wiped out what remains of the garden.

Walked out this morning to find a fox sitting on the back porch. Brazen little bugger...the retrievers were not amused.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

A light frost this AM has wiped out what remains of the garden.

Walked out this morning to find a fox sitting on the back porch. Brazen little bugger...the retrievers were not amused.

I'd love to have seen a photo of that li'l scene.

[HONDO74]

Insects invading Virginia and Pennsylvania could be 'most destructive species in 150 years'
https://www.foxnews.com/science/spotted ... -150-years

An invasive insect species native to China, India and Vietnam is posing a problem in at least two states.

The spotted lanternfly is harming crops in Winchester, Virginia, WDVM reported. The Pennsylvania-based Churchville Nature Center said the creatures were also spotted for the first time on its property Thursday.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

And that insect is not the only one that's been problematic, is it.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Insects invading Virginia and Pennsylvania could be 'most destructive species in 150 years'
https://www.foxnews.com/science/spotted ... -150-years

An invasive insect species native to China, India and Vietnam is posing a problem in at least two states.

The spotted lanternfly is harming crops in Winchester, Virginia, WDVM reported. The Pennsylvania-based Churchville Nature Center said the creatures were also spotted for the first time on its property Thursday.

Old news - robert. posted all this several weeks ago.

Have not seen any in south central PA or in No. VA.............yet

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Wind was so strong last night that the acorns were being thrown against the house and sounded like rocks hitting the siding and deck.

1st year we've had acorns hitting the deck in any numbers, too. Either that a weather related thing and/or that big oak out back suddenly grew to a point where it needs a serious pruning.

[John Webster]

Sunday morning the pretty girl walked out into the kitchen and hollered "holy cow".

The piece on the ground is 48 feet long. It broke off of the nearest trunk about 40 feet above the ground.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maple? Get the saw fired up - wood for the fireplace.....

[E7]

Insect invading Virginia and Pennsylvania could be 'most destructive species in 150 years'

I was worried there for a minute.......I thought Nancy Pelosi might be planning a visit.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I have no idea why I am saying this, other than a "feeling" I have, but I have the thought in my noggin' that Winter for the Northeast USA is not going to be too snowy this upcoming season. It may be cold, but I don't feel a whole lot of snow is on the way.

Now, we can be semi-amused seeing if I am correct. (If ya wanna.)