Looks like you are coming along BJ, got some fine fire wood there. Ash is probably my favorite wood for cooking, it makes some great cols and as long as it is up off the ground it will lay in the woods a long time. We still have a lot of ash here, haven't had a kill off as yall have had up north, hope it don't make it's way down here. 
Pappy
Pappy I really hope you can keep your ash alive. It really was the prominent species in this part of the world. At least on the good dirt. My people settled in this area because of the trees that grew here. They knew what kind of trees would grow in certain types of dirt. Bottom land ash thrives in rich soil.
Unfortunately the emerald ash bore found a very good place to multiply and spread when it arrived here. The poorer ground with less ash trees it took longer to spread through.
People always ask what the ash bores natural predator is.
My best guess is fire. This woods is sit up perfectly for one heck of a nasty fire. If this was all unbroken forest I would be very worried about fire.
And yes. The ash is so tangled up that it actually doesn’t lay on the ground. It still makes good firewood.
Bjrogg
