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<DIV>I don’t think I ever heard of it before moving to Minnesota. I have
plenty of it here.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Becker</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=willys_46@hotmail.com>Kyle
Sands</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 22, 2019 7:18 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=at@lists.antique-tractor.com>Antique Tractor Email
Discussion Group</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AT] Common Buckthorn, our current
invasion.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Calibri","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d'>Here,
here, Farmer. I’ve got lots of buckthorn on my place. I’ve begun a
systematic process to at least control it to some degree. I know I will
never be able to get rid of it entirely…the understory of the woods is thick
with buckthorn and it does a nice job of shielding our yard and house from the
road. But I’ve decided it’s got to go. I also have a lot of poison
ivy and my hope is if I open up the understory by getting rid of the buckthorn,
it will cause the PI to retreat as well. It’s worth a shot. I’m
using a manual puller to rip up the smaller stuff. Where I can get at it
with my loader, I use a grubber to yank out the larger stuff. And the
really “big stuff” (3-4 inches), well that will meet the business end of the
Jonsered.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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you said, it is a VERY dense wood and makes fantastic fuel! Of course it’s
generally so small that a lot of labor goes into processing any appreciable
quantity. At least it doesn’t need splitting! When my wife and I
built our house, we cleared a lot of buckthorn and most of it I salvaged for
firewood. It seasoned for about 4 years before the stack rotation had me
hauling it into the house to burn last winter. I was surprised at how much
I had in my piles – I very much like it for fuel. At least it’s good for
something!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Sands <>< Brandon, MN<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Tahoma","sans-serif"'> AT
[mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Indiana
Robinson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 19, 2019 6:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
at@lists.antique-tractor.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AT] Common Buckthorn, our
current invasion.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This stuff is "extremely" invasive... If it isn't in your
area yet just wait, it will be. Between it taking over and the Emerald Ash Borer
killing all of our ash trees our wood lots and forest are changing
radically.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="https://fmr.org/buckthorn-how-can-a-shrub-be-so-harmful">https://fmr.org/buckthorn-how-can-a-shrub-be-so-harmful</A><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>It is a very hard wood or at least is here. I once made a
longbow out of it and I almost can't draw it. I just saw some folks using thin
stems to make wreaths. If you have one of those small high efficiency air-tight
stoves that require the wood to be split down pretty small it can serve well as
firewood. I have a smallish batch cut to make walking sticks. Quite small
diameter sticks are very strong. I have not tried it yet but it may well make
good strong arrows if they can be straightened well. I believe they
can.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>This stuff is a tough kill, partly because it is so invasive.
You don't want to just spray everything in sight but it takes over so bad it is
almost everything in sight.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>There must be a half zillion versions of this
plant.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Old tractor connection: I can see this stuff being trained to
grow straight and making first rate sickle mower pittmans.<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt">-- <BR><BR>Francis
Robinson<BR>aka "farmer"<BR>Central Indiana USA<BR><A
target=_blank>robinson46176@gmail.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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