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Not another fatwood post!
On the way down to the craziness (note, not the wedding day) I had a chance to visit the SC Sandhills, where the prolific longleaf pine eco-system yields an unfathomable amount of fatwood, about a good piece every 5 feet. I couldn't resist, and stopped off a dirt road (with a little rallying around in the Subaru) to try out both the snow tires in dirt, and to grab some of the huge fortuitous flammable fragments. Not surprisingly bout 10 steps into the scrubs, and I found some of these water repelling wonders. Rather than using my machete or axes and risking damage to the edge (trust me, it WILL happen on this stuff eventually) I simply cut down a sapling to use as another happy bat, and basically went new jersey mafia style on the knees (knees of fatwood!) to nock them off. Much easier than chopping. Like in the video I made a while back, hit in the direction of growth! About 7 minutes of work yielded a good little load for the new Fire making area in the yard.
On the way down to the craziness (note, not the wedding day) I had a chance to visit the SC Sandhills, where the prolific longleaf pine eco-system yields an unfathomable amount of fatwood, about a good piece every 5 feet. I couldn't resist, and stopped off a dirt road (with a little rallying around in the Subaru) to try out both the snow tires in dirt, and to grab some of the huge fortuitous flammable fragments. Not surprisingly bout 10 steps into the scrubs, and I found some of these water repelling wonders. Rather than using my machete or axes and risking damage to the edge (trust me, it WILL happen on this stuff eventually) I simply cut down a sapling to use as another happy bat, and basically went new jersey mafia style on the knees (knees of fatwood!) to nock them off. Much easier than chopping. Like in the video I made a while back, hit in the direction of growth! About 7 minutes of work yielded a good little load for the new Fire making area in the yard.
