Spalting hackberry

Spores are everywhere, so what you're looking to do is keep the moisture content of the piece above about 20%. You'll also want to keep the bark on to keep it from checking radially.

I've had better luck laying the limb down and then turning it to get the formerly dry side moist. It's tougher to control your degree if you're wicking from one end. Tends to rot entirely, leave a narrow zone of good spalt, and stay normal at the up end. In any case, take a peek at someone who does it differently.

Thanks for the link! It answers several other questions I had, but didn't post .... time, how to position, etc. Now it looks like I'll have some pecan, ash, and sycamore to go with the hackberry. All I need now is to get the new chain on the saw. (:-)) Thanks,

Ken Moon Webbervile, TX

Lichens are algae/fungi symbionts, and they certainly can do an acid job on a rock over time .

Worth remembering after the much-discussed dermatitis episode that these fungi have been in competition with bacteria for the same food. Thus they have laced their prospective meal with as much as they can in the way of mycotoxins and antibiotics. These can go well beyond dermatitis - to anaphylaxis.

english please!! these 1.00 words got my head hurting already this am..

anaphylaxic shock: extreme allergic reaction to a substance, usually injested or inhaled but possibly through skin contact, that presents as redness, itching, then welts (hives), then breathing difficulty because the throat closes up, followed by death because of lack of oxygen. I know, been there and done that, fortunately in a hospital setting, so I'm still able to communicate this to you without a seance.

As the snorters and smokers know, absorption through mucous membranes is rapid, and when those membranes swell inside your trachea and bronchi, you are in deep kimchi. Known sensitives like yourself should normally carry epi pens and _wear medic alert jewelry_ to help folks like me who would give epi rather than albuterol if only we knew.