Saturday, January 18, 2025

Last Warm Day

It hasn't necessarily been warm this winter, but we've generally avoided the bitter cold weather.  Until now.  The forecast is for single digits overnight and daytime wind chills below zero.  When I am working in the woods, I often need bare fingers (to get the core in the straw for one), so I decided to stock up on some field data yesterday—the last warm day.  I found this pine in Joes Valley.  It is 120 feet tall and 44 inches in diameter.  A monster for this part of the world.  Unfortunately, it took 10 tries for the cutting screw on the increment borer to catch.  I got just one core.

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