Six months ago I posted a link to some pictures of grown knees (wooden angle
irons, Jeff) installed in our local tall ship.  The knees are comprised of
perhaps 4-6 feet of the trunk above ground level, and then the main sideways
root just below.  They are Hackmatack (the Larch).  The story I got from the man
that delivered them from Maine is that they cut and dig them in late fall, but
they wait til the ground is frozen to get them out of the woods - some are 6
feet long and weigh 100 lbs.

Ed Minch




On Jul 7, 2015, at 7:48 AM, Claudio DeLorenzi  wrote:

>> Why early winter instead of late...looking for lumber...
> 
> Around here trying to walk in three or four feet of snow in the bush is
> harder than early winter when the snow is light, and the soil isn't frozen
> yet.  If you want to get the root ball or burl, digging is easier too.
> Plus, no bugs, and the forest is beautiful in late fall early winter.