Posted on 04/03/2025 5:00:47 PM PDT by dangus
There is nothing worse than the smell of smoldering, wet oak leaves.
Be thankful they aren’t target shooting at 0200. Not complaining, I knew it was West Virginia when I bought the lot.
In Florida. my father had a shallow pit in the backyard for burning leaves, grass cuttings, etc.
I kid you not. Dig your garden down a few feet and alternate between the ash and dirt. You’re garden will grow even more.
With their well-earned reputation as meticulous record keepers, they generate a lot of paper waste and must burn it frequently to maintain the smooth flow of constantly updated family documentation and life notes.
Burn the trash.
It’s coal like.
Who doesn’t like to keep the home fires burning?
Buy them some kind of LP outdoor incinerators.
Move to Calif. to experience some real fires.
Maine even....
“I always make sure
to throw an old tire on the pile for that fragrant je ne sais quoi.”
You should stop by the Walz place so the Mrs. can relive the the Minn. evenings of joy.
“it had holes beneath a grate that the trash set on, large intake holes- and when the fire would get going, it would suck the air from the ground up through the barrel”
Science/Engineering in action. That’s the best way to build a burn barrel.
The practice continues in some places, which apparently includes where you now live. There can be fierce controversies when local governments try to pass ordinances that restrict garbage burning and impose routine garbage collection. Rural poverty can make even a few dollars a month for garbage service distressing -- so backyard garbage burning continues.
>>Definitely not. The burning has been constant all winter.
Oak trees do a gradual leaf drop all winter, and hang on to some of their leaves right up to spring. They also self-prune; if nutrients are inadequate, they withdraw stored energy from limbs and drop them.
“19th century people’s lives were 20 years shorter than now.”
Not so much in my case.
I’m currently in the middle of the lifespans of my 4 great grandfathers [and I was born in the first half of the last century].
My paternal GF lived to be 99.
YMMV
Not many oaks. Despite the hilly terrain, this is mostly cleared for ag. I get a kick out of going for a walk past a half-acre plot with a cow.
Yep.
My son in law grew up in Appalachia. You don’t drive across a creek to get to his parents house, you drive down the creek for 200 yards to get to the driveway.
I just asked him your question.
No Satan worship. Just trash fires.
Did you try asking your neighbors?
They are burning mattresses, bed frames and furniture trying to get rid of bedbugs.
Cremating Noisy neighbors?
Welcome to the South!
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