Wilson,

You have a valid point about potential firewood being wasted, however I
suggest that people not familiar with firewood should be careful about what
they save. For example, in my "neck of the woods" (Wake County just outside
Raleigh city limits), nearly all the downed trees are pine trees. In my
experience (admittedly as a Yankee from PA who found herself dealing with a
woodstove in VT), pine is good for kindling, but it is not what you want to
burn on a regular basis.

OTOH, what do I know -- when my mover asked if I wanted to pay to move
some of our well-seasoned maple firewood down here from VT, I was dumb
enough to say no -- in retrospect, I could probably have sold the stuff
and made a tidy profit, even after the moving expenses.

Back to my point -- be careful what you use.

And, Wilson, as for the guys at the Orange County landfill -- they might
just be saving some of us from the rest of us!!! Although I can't remember
the exact details of a particular trip (down South from Vermont), I do
recall seeing guys filling up the trunk of a Caddie with pieces of trees
that had been felled *because of insect/disease,* and I still regret that I
did not report them, just because I was fairly certain that they would not
show up in my own home state.

Now, if any of you lost maple trees, give me a call at 919-266-7592, and I
WILL make arrangements to take it off your hands!

Sorry, I digress, but as you know, I tend to do that,

Anne Lurie


"Wilson Lamb" wrote in message
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I hope you will be able to use it for heat, or give it away.
It's tragic what nice wood id dumped. The brilliant public servants who
run
the Orange County Landfill won't let anyone take firewood either, so you
have to recycle it from your yard.

Wilson


"Emily G." wrote in message
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"Raleighgirl" wrote in message
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Yep, I agree with what's already been said about saving your large
trees.
In my experience, if half of the tree's branches remain then we can
count
on
it recovering, especially if most of the damage is in the interior of
the
top. To give it/them a better advantage, you may want to water it
during
the dry spells of summer.
Good luck,
Jeny



My original post is a moot point now. By Sunday, my huge oak had lost
over
75% of its branches so we are taking it down. I can only guess that it
was
weakened by the drought since most oaks did not have such extensive
damage.

On a silver lining note...now that my yard will get some sun, maybe I
will
be able to grow a decent tomato.

Emily