Crixus
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That's really pretty, Crixus.Cleveland? Oh that's that cute little town with a quilt store that's always closed when I went there. lolQuote: "You can get all the cypress knees you could ever want living in Walker County."You can get all the cypress knees you could ever want living in Walker County.
I thought I read everything on this thread. How'd I miss this? I'd just die if there were a cypress tree on my land and I didn't know it. I don't like to go in the palmetto area of the seasonal creek, which is a deep trench that feeds into the small man-made lake, as I recollect. It was just too wet to go back into there this spring with occasional 2-day let ups in the rain, you can get equipment bogged down in no time, and walking through the muck is no fun either, because there's more mud left on each shoe that weighs more than the pair. Well, if there are, there are no knees around that I know of. I keep waiting for the dry season to get here, and I keep not being disappointed when it doesn't get here, due to the delightful temperature the rain brings in the evenings. Wonder where they are? I guess I could ask around, because some of the neighbors around here know everything. I don't know what young cypress trees look like, really. lol
I do a lot of fishing just east of you near Cleveland on an oxbow created by the Trinity river.
The whole 3 mile lake is ringed with cypress and tupelo trees along with fresh water springs.
We have over 6000 acres to roam around on in the SxS.
We've seen bears,cougars and bobcats on the property not to mention coyotes and feral hogs.
What's an 'oxbow'? And what does "SxS" stand for? Is it a military land and sea vehicle like the army used on D-Day?
Oxbow.
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But TNT? That is a little over the top, all right. I can't fish because my mother had skin cancer, and he told her not to let her daughters go out in the sun without long sleeves, broad brimmed hats, and gloves. That was in the days before sunscreen, but I never did much outdoor stuff after dressing for winter in the summer.
Yeah you definitely need a hat and some long sleeves. I had two basil cell things removed. I use the highest SPF I can get and a big hat.