Logging the redwoods
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Interesting video... mentions how Redwoods at one time were found all over the world before the climate cooled.
One of my friends is a Redwood Logger... he loves what he does and wouldn't live anywhere else... 7 miles on a dirt road deep in the forest.
He built his shop with lumber he milled up from his property... heartwood only.
One of my friends is a Redwood Logger... he loves what he does and wouldn't live anywhere else... 7 miles on a dirt road deep in the forest.
He built his shop with lumber he milled up from his property... heartwood only.
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Before I was born, my dad, back in the 50's, bought an entire train car load of lumber that included plywood, California Redwood boards and Douglas Fir boards. He had it shipped here to a local lumber yard. He made a deal with the owner of the yard where dad would take all the wood that he needed for the house he was building, then sell the remaining to the lumber yard owner at a loss. Taking the loss was still cheaper than trying to buy just what he needed for his house. It was nice stuff. :thumbsup:
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Your Dad was a smart guy...
Nearby is a an unincorporated town that was started during WWII and not that long ago they had a huge founder's day celebration where I drove the VIP in my antique car... she was working for her father when he built thousands of homes and I stuck up a conversation during I time together.
One fascinating story was during and after the war it was very hard to get building supplies... especially lumber... so her father bought an old mill in Northern California and went into the lumber business to build his homes... one of the selling points to the simply homes became the quality of the lumber... it was also hard to get rail cars so he stuck up a deal with the fledgling local truck company some might know called Peterbilt to move his materials...
I like to think of stories like this for inspiration...
San Lorenzo, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nearby is a an unincorporated town that was started during WWII and not that long ago they had a huge founder's day celebration where I drove the VIP in my antique car... she was working for her father when he built thousands of homes and I stuck up a conversation during I time together.
One fascinating story was during and after the war it was very hard to get building supplies... especially lumber... so her father bought an old mill in Northern California and went into the lumber business to build his homes... one of the selling points to the simply homes became the quality of the lumber... it was also hard to get rail cars so he stuck up a deal with the fledgling local truck company some might know called Peterbilt to move his materials...
I like to think of stories like this for inspiration...
San Lorenzo, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Boy , if that would not make the safety police faint .Look at that scaffold !
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Several years back.....we owned a 1910 craftsman home in So. Calif. When we bought it I had a termite inspection done. The report came back.....no termites. At first I didn't believe it......every home I ever lived in down there had termite damage of some sort. Come to find out.....our 1910 home was framed and built with redwood. The 4x4s and 2x4s were true size. The trim inside was cherry wood.....the oak hardwood floors were beautiful after we removed the shag carpeting and restored them. Great home with no bugs or rot!
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Old Growth Heart Redwood is amazing...
I have seen decks destroyed but the redwood part unaffected.
Jerrybob... any idea if Redwoods would thrive in Washington?
I was thinking of planting a few around my Cedars and Firs...
I have seen decks destroyed but the redwood part unaffected.
Jerrybob... any idea if Redwoods would thrive in Washington?
I was thinking of planting a few around my Cedars and Firs...
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Not sure but I can tell you this........about 6/7 years ago......friends visited us from Calif. They brought with them a young redwood seedling they bought in the No. Calif redwoods at one of the tourist shops. It was small......in one of those plastic tubes. We planted it. Right now.....that seedling is a good 20 ft. tall with a trunk about 10/12 inches around at the base. We don't do anything to it......no fertilizer, plant food etc..... With our rain......we have never watered it. Our boy dog does pee on it regularly but.....that certainly hasn't affected its growth. Couple thousand years from now......you'll be able to drive your car through it!
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I may just give it a try down by the salmon creek that runs through the property... the only thing I miss from California when in Washington is the Redwoods...
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I've thought about starting some redwoods or sequoia trees here, but we are in zone 5. Too cold.
Coast Redwoods.
Coast Redwood on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
Giant Sequoia
Giant Sequoia on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
However, the Dawn Redwood is supposed to grow in zone 5. But only grows to 100'.
Dawn Redwood on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
The Tree Guide
Coast Redwoods.
Coast Redwood on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
Giant Sequoia
Giant Sequoia on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
However, the Dawn Redwood is supposed to grow in zone 5. But only grows to 100'.
Dawn Redwood on the Tree Guide at arborday.org
The Tree Guide
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Not much I miss from down there except my kids, grandkids and good Mexican food. We get down there a few times per year......don't miss the traffic or the number of people at all.
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The kids must like visiting the Evergreen State?
Mom absolutely loves spending time in Washington and people are really got out of their way to be nice to her...
I've tried to get her to move but with all the grandkids in the SF Bay Area it will never happen.
My nephew and nieces have never visited... they go to Hawaii, Europe, Tahoe and Cambria... but Washington is too far...
Mom absolutely loves spending time in Washington and people are really got out of their way to be nice to her...
I've tried to get her to move but with all the grandkids in the SF Bay Area it will never happen.
My nephew and nieces have never visited... they go to Hawaii, Europe, Tahoe and Cambria... but Washington is too far...
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I've got all three in Oakland... lost about 60% during the drought... they had been doing real well and wanted to put in my own grove down at the Creek for posterity....
The Dawn loses all of it's needles... it does make for an interesting tree... most of the ones I planted are Aptos Blue.
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Sequoias do real well in the Puget Sound Area. I have a large one; 100' tall, 30" diameter base, plus several other various sizes. I just planted two about 4' tall I bought at a nursery. They are beautiful Christmas trees as they grow very symmetrical with a lot of infill branches. No pruning or shearing required.
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Speaking of Christmas...
As some might know my brother bought an old Christmas Tree farm and they sell cut and U-Cut trees.
Year before last he planted some redwoods near the house... way off the beaten path for the U-Cut trees.
The U-Cut are one price as they are cleaning up the old stuff... anyway, this couple comes up to the booth to pay their money and it is a redwood they cut down... and since there are no redwoods except what he recently planted you guessed it... they chopped down one of those...
As some might know my brother bought an old Christmas Tree farm and they sell cut and U-Cut trees.
Year before last he planted some redwoods near the house... way off the beaten path for the U-Cut trees.
The U-Cut are one price as they are cleaning up the old stuff... anyway, this couple comes up to the booth to pay their money and it is a redwood they cut down... and since there are no redwoods except what he recently planted you guessed it... they chopped down one of those...
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Must have been the same guy who shot an angus cow up here last year.......said he was elk hunting.....saw something move in the treeline.
