[Cob] beatles in hard wood

[Kim West]

Neither beetles, termites, wood ants, nor bees like cedar--i.e. Eastern
Redcedar. We cut some from our property and used them for posts for a fence
in 1990, and it took them 10 years to rot at the ground level. Even then
only the very small ones rotted all the way through. The larger ones had
started to rot where they contacted the soil, but were still good for the
intended purpose. None of them showed signs of  decay in any place other
than where they touched the soil. Even underground they were still intact.
They were in direct contact with the ground and we didn't use any cement,
gravel, or anything else--just dug a hole, put them in, and filled it back
up. Can't say how the bugs feel about the other junipers that are also
called cedars, though.

Kim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "orion walker" <orion_w at hotmail.com>
To: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 4:05 PM
Subject: [Cob] beatles in hard wood


>
>    Just a quick note to those doing post and beam structures as I'm
>    planning.  I've heard from a neighbor that I trust, that hardwoods
>    such as oak, madrone, and I would assume maple, are very susseptable
>    the being eaten by beatles ( I don't remember the exact name).  Fir,
>    according to my neighbor, is not susseptable, though it is liked by
>    termites.  So if using fir it is wise to use recently harvested fir
>    that has not been lying around near the ground where termites will get
>    into it.
>
>    perhaps others know more?
>    Orion Walker
>    PO Box 85
>    Ukiah CA 95482
>    (707)-272-2352
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