Gretchen and I burned some woods the last couple days. Here’s why we burn: longleaf pine unharmed, while small trees of other species (slash and loblolly pine, an especially oaks) are weeded out by the fire.
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Day 1: Planted pines
Fire starter
Fall colors: poison ivy, fire, and snoke
Mushroom
Day 2: Natural pine forest
Smoke
Distant fire
Burning across
Flaring
Gretchen with fire at the driveway
Burned
Burning just right
Fire near and far
Diagonal fire
Burning well
Fire line
Grass near, pinestraw there, burning
Why we burn: longleaf unharmed
Longleaf near and far
Smoky longleaf
Toasty longleaf
Wiregrass will come back soon
Little longleaf
Bigger longleaf
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