how about a Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX,+IA GTG thread?

[JimBear]

They claim we have Pignut, Mockernut & Shagbark here.

The Shag is the only one I see growing with any regularity & I only have limited access to them.

The only time my main guy uses oak is to cook turkeys around Thanksgiving.

 

[Sawdust Man]

They claim we have Pignut, Mockernut & Shagbark here.

The Shag is the only one I see growing with any regularity & I only have limited access to them.

The only time my main guy uses oak is to cook turkeys around Thanksgiving.

Hickory is very prolific around here, but no shagbark.

 

[Hedgerow]

I've found white oak to be a reasonable substitute for Mesquite. I'm just swimming in Oak & Hickory here. About 6 variations of each.

White oak is my favorite of all of them.

Also rare as hens teeth around here.

But I do have a stash of it.

 

[nbbt]

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Been cleaning up some of the field for fire wood lately. Cherry and persimmon mixed together smell great in the wood stove. I think the combination makes the cherry sweeter smelling. Need to figure out a way to chip it with what I have around here for smoking. Drying the pecan chips I picked up from the splitting day for smoking wood.

I've had pretty good luck making 1"-1.5" wide cookies of woods that I want to use with my charcoal grill for smoking.
Cut cookies, let dry, and trim to size with a hatchet when ya just have to beat on something.

Locally I have Oak, Apple and limited Hickory. I have to buy cherry and pecan.
I wish I had some Pecan logs, but it isn't very common near me.

My go-to are Pecan mixed with red-oak it's better flavor than hickory IMO ( and preferably the colored core wood) and/or apple or the cherry depending on what I'm grilling.

Hope this helps with all that spare time you have with farming.
As you may have noticed from time to time I usually MAKE extra time for good food and better coffee's.

 

[Hinerman]

@Hedgerow look out if he sees how it is now his creativity may lead him to how to bust it again, lol

I don't need to commit espionage to break it. I just need to get in the vicinity once it's fixed. I think I was standing near the thing the last 2 times it broke. Should I feel bad about it?