A thread about collecting Tamarack from a bog.

[Eckhoffw]

I have to get to the bog soon!
Some of my tamaracks are just starting to show green at the bud tips.

Last year the water was 2-4’ deep depending on how much moss and such you where on.

I’m hoping/guessing it will be much shallower this year!

 

[Eckhoffw]

I made it up to the farm & tamarack bog yesterday.
This trip was mainly to visit my dad and allow my girls to ride the horses.

But…… since they were so excited Saturday morning, they woke me up at 6:30.
We weren’t gonna ride till later, so I decided to check the bog out.
Unsure about how deep or wet it would be, I let the dog go first.
Surprisingly, the ground was pretty stiff as it has been a little colder. Getting To the trees was no problem!

Needless to say, I was back out there immediately with my roots slayer and saw.

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These two were about a foot apart, so I just took these two, and was done in 30 mins or so.
The smaller one doesn’t have a ton of roots. I’m still fairly confident it will be ok.
Potted up in pumice and sphagnum moss.
I wired Below and above to prevent uprooting on these.

 

[yashu]

We went back out to our spot as well.




Similar day as last time but we had a dump of 24” of snow between then and now and the water dropped but then came up higher than before… crazy weather. @RJG2 and @MaineChowder came out with about 15 trees between us and some pretty decent ones too.

Got one of mine cleaned up and potted and then planted a couple in the front yard just for the heck of it.

 

[Eckhoffw]

We went back out to our spot as well.

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Similar day as last time but we had a dump of 24” of snow between then and now and the water dropped but then came up higher than before… crazy weather. @RJG2 and @MaineChowder came out with about 15 trees between us and some pretty decent ones too.View attachment 537460View attachment 537461

Got one of mine cleaned up and potted and then planted a couple in the front yard just for the heck of it.View attachment 537462View attachment 537463

Nice! It’s funny how deceiving size and scale can be.
I went for the smallest interesting trees I could find.
Getting them in the van and realizing how big they are actually.

 

[MaineChowder]

We went back out to our spot as well.

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Similar day as last time but we had a dump of 24” of snow between then and now and the water dropped but then came up higher than before… crazy weather. @RJG2 and @MaineChowder came out with about 15 trees between us and some pretty decent ones too.View attachment 537460View attachment 537461

Got one of mine cleaned up and potted and then planted a couple in the front yard just for the heck of it.View attachment 537462View attachment 537463

It was great afternoon! I absolutely love being out in the woods/swamp looking for trees and watching all.the wildlife. Coming home with some great trees is an added bonus!