Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
ash log
clay foster
A friend saved this ash log from a pile of logs that had been cleared from a wetland area so some body could grow more soybeans. It's pumpkin ash, also called red ash. 12' long and 34" in diameter. The curly figure goes all the way through. He was kind enough to give me a piece.
It's uncommon in our part of central Indiana.
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Barry L Elder
That's a real piece of Americana! Beautiful!
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Roger Chandler
Drool........drool......drool! What a special piece of timber! Looking at your map, I see it grows also in the Dismal Swamp area of Tidewater in Virginia. I would not mind getting my hands on a few pieces of that if the opportunity ever presented itself!
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robo hippy
I am so jealous. Bowls, and a Telecaster and Stratocaster body or three....
robo hippy
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Robert Lalonde
Hi Clay. If I leave today, I should get there by Saturday if you need to get rid of a chunk. Bob.
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Dale Bonertz
Thanks for rubbing it in, I mean sharing. 
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Brad Vietje
Great find -- and still in good shape! This stuff might all be wiped out by the Emerald Ash Borer in years to come, but your log looks perfect.
Safe spinning,
Brad Vietje
Newbury, VT
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Larry
I'll be there tonight! LOL
