Ross of Ottawa<p>In other news - when chipping <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buckthorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buckthorn</span></a> branches, those things really fight back. My forearms are very well scratched up. </p><p>That weed of a tree grows branches at crazy angles and they're always grabbing at you, hoping to kill you for fertilizer.</p><p>interestingly though, I found the wood to be rather nice for carving - though you don't often have a piece big enough to do much with. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chipCarving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chipCarving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greenwoodCarving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenwoodCarving</span></a></p>