Phily
7th June 2015, 05:01 PM
We all have our favourites, but seriously is there anything better than green Manchurian Pear and a super sharp gouge? If so I'd love to hear about it because to me Manchurian is the ultimate. So good that I've turned blanks into shavings, and Only shavings out of the sheer joy of the silky smooth cut. So imagine my joy when I opened the front door the other week to find a note left by a neighbour - "large Manchurian Pear at the primary school, split in the storm, will be cut down". I burned rubber to get there even though it was only 200m up the road.
Large! It was HUGE !!!!!:oo: I was in near panic for 2 weeks waiting for the arborist to get there - in fear that someone else would hear of the prize. All came good last Friday. Two and a half trailer loads of large rounds hauled and carted. I was knackered! I could have collected heaps more but wanted to stay on the good side of the arborist (who after a contribution to the beer fund advised that he may have some other "interesting" timber coming up").
It freaks me out that if it hadn't been for my neighbour all of this would have been chipped. Check out the spalting!
Got me thinking though, how big do Manchurians grow and how old can they get?
Large! It was HUGE !!!!!:oo: I was in near panic for 2 weeks waiting for the arborist to get there - in fear that someone else would hear of the prize. All came good last Friday. Two and a half trailer loads of large rounds hauled and carted. I was knackered! I could have collected heaps more but wanted to stay on the good side of the arborist (who after a contribution to the beer fund advised that he may have some other "interesting" timber coming up").
It freaks me out that if it hadn't been for my neighbour all of this would have been chipped. Check out the spalting!
Got me thinking though, how big do Manchurians grow and how old can they get?