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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: JoJoDapyro on May 15, 2015, 10:46:42 pm

Title: Pine cones?
Post by: JoJoDapyro on May 15, 2015, 10:46:42 pm: Does anyone know of a nifty use for pine cones? This tree is out to bust my back! This is just what I have picked up from this spring.
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Post by: caveman2533 on May 15, 2015, 11:19:29 pm: Firewood?
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Post by: Stringman on May 15, 2015, 11:34:06 pm: Not sure if yours are full of tar, but I use a dry still to extract the tar from mine to make pitch glue.
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Post by: JoJoDapyro on May 15, 2015, 11:41:06 pm: I burned all of them last year. But there was only about a wheelbarrow full. I'll look into a dry still.
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Post by: jayman448 on May 16, 2015, 12:48:55 am: bird feeders, extract seeds and grind into flower XD, throw them at people.
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Post by: JoJoDapyro on May 16, 2015, 03:04:25 am: My nephews love to throw them at me. My dog enjoys chewing on them. How does one go about making a dry still?
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Post by: JacksonCash on May 16, 2015, 02:00:14 pm: googly eyes and a red fluff ball glued to one end. call them rustic hedgehog decorations.
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Post by: JackCrafty on May 16, 2015, 02:27:15 pm: ;D
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Post by: Zuma on May 16, 2015, 02:35:31 pm: Quote from: jackcrafty on May 16, 2015, 02:27:15 pm
;D
Man that would be fun at the nudist colony.
Zuma
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Post by: JackCrafty on May 16, 2015, 04:23:24 pm: :o Ouch.
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Post by: mullet on May 16, 2015, 11:03:18 pm: Paint them green and red and sell them for little Christmas Trees. ;D
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Post by: autologus on May 17, 2015, 06:56:47 pm: Dip them in paraffin, they make great fire starters.

Grady
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Post by: YosemiteBen on May 21, 2015, 01:03:50 pm: cut lengthwise and crosswise and varnish em up and sell em for ornaments.
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Post by: crooketarrow on May 24, 2015, 03:40:20 am: I've boiled the tar and added it to my pine pich glue. Makes a hot glue way better than you can buy.