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	Podcast:		Commentary Series
	Episode:		Lange: In Praise Of The Ash
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-03-09 11:38:50
	Description:		There’s a lovely old Welsh tune, "The Ash-Grove" that elementary school music teachers and scout leaders often choose for their kids to sing. In it, lost love is recalled under the graceful boughs of the lovely and practical Ash tree. I once bought ten acres of woods in New Hampshire because they looked so much like my Adirondacks. The county forester walked them with me and showed me how I could harvest them sustainably for firewood. But save these, he said, tapping a white ash. These are your most valuable trees. Ash is used for baseball bats, tool handles, canoe paddles, oars, cabinets, and snowshoes. It's lovely to work with; one of the world's most beautiful British sports cars, the Morgan, is built on a furniture-quality ash frame coated in aluminum. It's ideal as firewood. You almost can split it with a butter knife, and it burns well with very little seasoning. An old saying goes, "Ash wood dry or ash wood green will warm the toes of the coldest queen." I rank it carefully in
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