Comments on: (K)nots https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:04:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: suzi smith https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16744 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:04:23 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16744 Those photos are gorgeous , dave…. interesting stuff too!

]]> By: Kat https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16743 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:39:56 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16743 Love this. And I utterly agree about Wikipedia, too.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16742 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:24:26 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16742 In reply to mostly quiet regular.

Thanks. And I guess the flammability of conifer knots would be due to their concentration of resinous tars as Lucy mentioned.

]]> By: mostly quiet regular https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16741 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:53:50 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16741 Conifer knots make great fire starters when one is in a remote place with no kindling, strewn about in piney, sprucey places…love the photos Dave.

]]> By: Lucy https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16740 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:42:06 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16740 As you say, it makes perfect sense, but I’d never thought about it, how knots are the hardest wearing bits. In resinous wood they also exude most resin.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2011/03/knots-2/#comment-16739 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:41:57 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=11412#comment-16739 See, this is why, for all its faults, I love the Wikipedia. What normal encyclopedia would ever devote an entry to branch collars?

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