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RE: Tree Tuesday - Mesquites, Catclaw and a Wild Bonsai

Great pics. Mesquite is a very hard wood that is popular for bbq. I remember when I was in high school going with my older brother to south Texas and cutting mesquite on a ranch. The joke was that mesquite ate chain saws. It was so hard we had 5 chain saws. I remember a lot of the time I was cutting wood and my brother was repairing chain saws trying to keep at least two working. The dry landscape reminds me of south Texas.

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In shop class way back when I made a cutting board out of mesquite wood. Fortunately I've never had to clear a bunch of them out with a chainsaw. There's probably something special just for mesquite cutting. It does work really well for bbq. Now I'm getting hungry for some nice mesquite smoked brisket lol.