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Posted by Hank [64.119.43.114] on Tuesday, January 05, 2010 at 00:16:27 :
In Reply to: Limbing posted by David Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Monday, January 04, 2010 at 22:07:26 :
... this is here is yer basic Mesquite tree aka Prosopis glandulosa in fancy Latin terms. The ranchers down here had them designated by the state as a "pest" plant, and there were studies on how to eradicate them because they displaced grazing grasses.
I tried to cut a few limbs one day with an axe (a sharp axe even) because I didn't have a chainsaw, didn't work too well. Ragetty, thorney, nasty black sap, hard hard wood, and I hear the Hohokam Indians used to eat the bean pods, which is probably why they died out. They sure do make good firewood and steaks...
H