I have a golden plum in the pasture behind my house. It produces little yellow plums about the size of cherries. My cattle herd of  3 eats them faster than they can fall. I have to admit they are good.

This tree has more twist, turns and wood growing in every direction. It has to have a lot of burls and figures. I have had my eye on this for many years. I think this would make good pen blanks and other small items. I hope this tree is on its last leg so it won’t be the one cutting me up.

 

Preston

 

What a survivor! It sure does have some very interesting (read drool worthy) possibilities. 

8 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

What a survivor! It sure does have some very interesting (read drool worthy) possibilities. 

OH YES!!!!

I've seen some gnarly old apple trees but nothing as spectacular as this. My first thought was- how old is it? 

Would yield some awesome bowls and other turnings too Preston. I suspect some short boards could be harvested to make some really cool small boxes also.

Thanks for sharing.  That's an amazing sight.

Now the question is how many years have you been harvesting off this tree?

 

 

 

 

45 minutes ago, Gerald said:

Now the question is how many years have you been harvesting off this tree?

This is the only survivor of an old plum orchard. The house was built in 1935. I'm assuming the tree was planted about then. I remodeled the house in 1999 and the tree was still going strong. I have a lot of people stop and stare when driving. Every now & then I get an offer. One of these days when my wood pile gets low. I have never gotten any wood off the tree but I graze on the plums like my beef.

It has had a tough life, it deserves to live.

Herb

Hmm,

      Looks kind of like me. 

 

 

My body has not had that many amputations but it looks like how I feel when I get up in the mornings.

  I guess you might call those corrective surgeries.!

Preston, you might make a big one of these with your tree. 

 

I made these because throwing away wood is hard to do.

2 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

Preston, you might make a big one of these with your tree

 

That's going to be a hard color to match.

Edited October 17, 20187 yr by HandyDan

Dan I already got it pictured in my little mind... A different color for each limb even

 gradually changing colors in the middle of a limb with the use of an air brush.. 

5 hours ago, Smallpatch said:

Dan I already got it pictured in my little mind... A different color for each limb even

 gradually changing colors in the middle of a limb with the use of an air brush.. 

 

Like one of those fiber optic lights.

I think I would name that tree Job...

7 hours ago, Cal said:

I think I would name that tree Job...

I renamed HIM, not sir but SUR for survivor.

 

Preston