Hello,
Metering, measuring, quantifying, it all reveals a potential pitfall as I see it where wood becomes equivalent to cement or steel or fiberglass, more a sum of its constituents. There are plenty of valid reasons for felling and working wood under particular seasonal conditions that have nothing to do with speculation and myths and superstition. Which is not to say that there is nothing to the story of Odin giving breath to an elm tree and an ash tree to create our first human ancestors.
While not discounting meter reading altogether, I do wonder exactly what those numbers are saying and even more so what is done with those numbers. Could it be a way of avoiding real knowledge of the wood we use and how it relates to conditions where we are? At best this metering can help with what should be the intent of getting to know and appreciate wood rather than the rationale for beginning to chop a mortice.
Greetings,
Don Wagstaff
