How'd it go today?

[Nutball]

Treebuzz is worse for me

It could be bots/AI overwhelming resources. Many forums are using cloudflare to regulate traffic.

 

[Burnham]

The ninebark is very dense; even though a piece 3 or 4 inches in diameter is a big one, it is a fine long-lasting fuel... much like burning coal .

As Sean notes, DF limb wood is very dense as well, tight growth rings that burn hot and longer than most similar sized splits of trunk.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Black locust burns so hot you need some soggy pine to keep it in check

 

[flushcut]

Black locust burns so hot you need some soggy pine to keep it in check

Straight locust fire will melt a fireplace grate.

 

[Dave Shepard]

Or the grates in my Ashley...

 

[Nutball]

Your're giving it too much air. Sometimes I struggle to get hedge to burn just because I don't give it enough air. Just a little too much, and I get thermal runaway where the hotter it burns, the stronger the draft, and the dense coals radiate a lot of heat.

With the air leaks my stove has, I adjust how I setup the fire, and keep a bottle of water handy (an old alcohol or peroxide bottle to squirt it from) to cool the coals if it gets too hot. It's near impossible to put a "fire" out completely even with a half gallon or so of water, though that will knock it down to hardly a smolder for 5min.

 

[davidwyby]

 

[Burnham]

What critter is that? Native??

 

[pigwot]

Gila? I know they can have pink, yellow, or orange patterns - not sure they get that big but hey… East coast doesn’t harbor such fauna

 

[pigwot]

On the Woodturners forum there is a thread entitled, “What’s On Your Lathe”.

Today this was my post:

 

[davidwyby]

What critter is that? Native??

“We've spotted this curious critter hanging out in our yard these last few weeks. Last Friday I finally got some photos and video of it and sent a photo to our friend Angela Johnson to help us identify what it is. We were pretty excited to find out we had a female Long-nosed California Leopard lizard hanging out in our yard until we read they kill Desert Iguanas to eat their tails! 😳😲😱 We won't chase her off unless we start seeing dead iguana missing tails in our yard. I wish I could figure out what else she might eat, besides iguana tails. Lets see if I can convert her to a vegetarian diet. “

From a local Facebook friend

 

[Burnham]

Wow. It looks pretty big. I'll have to google that.

 

[davidwyby]

Tweaked the pic a little