The 2025 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Cruiser]

Too soon. 3000’ Gifford Pinchot NF.

 

[Cajunrider]

Too soon. 3000’ Gifford Pinchot NF.
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Brrrrr

 

[rutulus]

Collected yesterday: a pitch pine, a short leaf pine (I think—has fascicles with 2 and 3 needles), and a red maple with some basal swelling that gives off an ancient, spooky sort of vibe.

The pitch pine has a natural deadwood feature going up the trunk and is about eight feet tall. Not sure what the final plan will be just yet.

The short leaf is about six feet tall and will hopefully lend itself to a slender, tall styling.

Not sure about the red maple. We’ll see where it buds out. The remaining trunk is about three inches across, the swelling probably six inches. It was around fifteen feet tall when I chopped it.

 

[Joe Dupre']

I thought the LAST red cedar was going to be the last for the year. Nope, THIS is the last one. Early last spring I found this one and set about to "prepare" it for collection. It was in a place I walk often so I was able to check on it from time to time. A basic Christmas tree...........7+ feet tall and straight as an arrow. I found a heavy downed log, bent the tree over and weighed it down with the log. Over a couple of months, the tree relaxed until it was almost parallel to the ground. In mid-summer, I picked a couple of likely branches that could cause a change of direction in a new trunk line and cut it off above them. The tree had a nice set of shallow roots.