Filed under: Trees, Wildlife | Tags: Box Elder tree, hollow
tree, rotten wood, trees, wood I’ve been cutting wood now for a
lot of years, but this cut was really interesting. Now I’ve seen
hollow logs before, but this hollow log was completely filled in
with rotten wood. The log itself as a bit over 12 inches in
diameter and had less than two inches of good wood on the
outside. The log was from a Box Elder tree that was growing near
my garage. It was cut down because so many of its branches were
dying. This branch was still alive. The rotten middle of this
branch was eventually going to kill of the branch. Its only
salvation would have been if a squirrel had gone in and cleaned
it out. Removal of the wet rotten wood would have helped to slow
the rotting process. Box Elder trees are not the most popular
trees in our area. They tend to draw a large number of bugs that
like to winter in their easy to dig in wood. They usually have
red streaks inside them between the live outer wood and the dead
center. If you ca