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Did ya spear any branches!!!

bigshea13

my liitle womans been harping on me to fill the feeders around the house. so tonight she hands me two bread stings to drape up near feeders. I tried to find the extension ladder but theres to much snow. I threw em on like lays and hiked up flashlight in mouth. she stood in the window and laughed as i waded threw the snow, she wanted to throw the cat out the window at me. she said it wanted out and it was far to cold for her to go downstair and let her out. i told her it was probably a bad idea.

did i mention the snow that hasnt stopped in days.....

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TreeDimensional

Shea, don't you just love when ya bump the wrong branch and end up with your under-wear full of snow via your neck. I would make sure your sigificant other REALLY warms you up for makin' her birds happy!!!!

bigshea13

snow sucks. but yea it earned me an awsome pot roast w potatoes/onions/carrots/ followed by some kinda peanut butter chocolate brownie thing that was great. thats only part of what im gettin

TreeDimensional

Shea, How much snow have you had so far? I just checked the weather site here and it is -22C, but by Thursday afternoon its supposed to be +2C. So far this winter we have had a whooping 1" of snow, sleds still in the shed.

Therrin

Didn't spear the tree, thankfully, I was just using some 20lb test fishing line when I did that. Needed access to a branch about 25 feet off the ground on a pine, didn't have a ladder that long. Ended up shooting the spear up and over the branch, fed the rope up and over, tied a bowline, passed the bitter end through, cinched it up, shinnied right up it. Almost forgot all about that, it was years ago.

Someone asked in a different thread tonight, if I have or use throwbags. Nope! Guess I should get some. Noticed they come in about 2 oz differences. What's a good set to start with? (as far as weight goes)

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bigshea13

therrin, i like the 14 oz ones and larger.

tree-d sorry i didnt get back to your question. weve got well over 3 feet on ground and its still snowing.

TreeDimensional

Shea, thats a lot of snow. Mother nature must be goin' through PMS, last at 11:00PM it was +3.3C and today it got up to about +7C (strong SW wind @ 40mph) virtually no snow left. Heard on the news last night the oranges are feezin' in Florida and word has it that Bermuda had a WINDCHILL.

The temperature flucuations has everything out our way all confused. On a side note, this would be a neat time for you arborists over your way to develop a new winter sport. You could climb a bunch of squirrel nesting tree. root around until you found a nest, toss ?m into the snow and BET on which tree they climb up. If it works, let me know and I'll see if the Vancouver Winter Olympic committee will let it stand as a new sport. They seem to acknowledge everything else. I would like to assist you in the experiment but all we have to work with around here are skunks, and they deserve to be buried in the snow.

bigshea13

that funny. when i was in misiouri one of the oaks had a nest in it. the owner asked me to remove it so I grabbed hold. 80' or so up and 2 reds came racing out. startled me and I slipped off limb. glad i was tied in. Im not sure how big they get up there but these buggers were the size of small cats. man i wish i could move around those trees like them.

newguy18

We get seventies next week which makes up for the chill we got this week.Haha you guys get snow.

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TreeDimensional

Newguy, we get more than snow, we get higher orange prices, and with crude oil up over $10/barrel, I'm pretty sure the transport cost will also be going up.

Well i'm sure you are aware that there is only one profession older than farming, right? At the risk of sounding like a cry-baby Canadian grain farmer, I would like for someone to explain to me how come as a grain farmer I have to pay for the rising cost of transportation of my grain. But when the transport cost of my consumables goes up I get to pay for that too???

I get the feeling like I am the victim like the worlds oldest profession.

bigshea13

here ya go brentt. alaskan black spruce. the tallest i saw north of anchorage.even though they re small i think your pooch would still get lost.

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TreeDimensional

Now thats what I would call a vertically challenged trees. They look to be growing really close to togeather, is it possible that this is a burn-out area, which had EVERY seed on the forest floor germinated?

Your pictures made me think of something really funny, how would you work on the tops of those things? My suggestion would be to use dry-wall stilts, but would ANSI require you to be tied in twice?

On a more seriuos note, do you think that reducing the number of trees/ square acre would increase the size of individual trees or are there other factors that keep them small (soil/water/growing season length....)?

You know those trees are in the dark 5 months a year, I'm in the dark ALL the time!!!

bigshea13

from what i could see they were all like that.....every one i saw. i think your right. the minimal daylight hours attribute to their dwarf like size kinda lika arctic willow.



or this thing

Done it

Hi, there's a lot over here that would agree with you. I can explain it to you but it would take pages. It is just Catch 22 updated. You might like to look at this site, tobacco is good example. Landline " Up in smoke" is the one I meant but there are endless others.

TreeDimensional

Done It, I must apologize for my lack of knowledge in world geography, and most of the time spelling. I have to know where is Paramatta??? (sp)

bigshea13

if it makes you feel better i dont know where it is either