Prescribed burns

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.

Why we burn: longleaf unharmed

Click on any picture for a bigger one. -jsq

Day 1: Planted pines

Fire starter
Fire starter

Fall colors: poison ivy, fire, and snoke
Fall colors: poison ivy, fire, and snoke

Mushroom
Mushroom

Day 2: Natural pine forest

Panorama
Panorama

Smoke
Smoke

Distant fire
Distant fire

Burning across
Burning across

Flaring
Flaring

Gretchen with fire at the driveway
Gretchen with fire at the driveway

Burned
Burned

Burning just right
Burning just right

Fire near and far
Fire near and far

Diagonal fire
Diagonal fire

Burning well
Burning well

Fire line
Fire line

Grass near, pinestraw there, burning
Grass near, pinestraw there, burning

Why we burn: longleaf unharmed
Why we burn: longleaf unharmed

Longleaf near and far
Longleaf near and far

Smoky longleaf
Smoky longleaf

Toasty longleaf
Toasty longleaf

Wiregrass will come back soon
Wiregrass will come back soon

Little longleaf
Little longleaf

Bigger longleaf
Bigger longleaf