On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:20:29 +0000, Andy Dingley
scribbled:

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:08:23 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

You mean you have to *buy* tipi poles???? Why can't you just go out in
the bush and cut a few lodgepole pines?

Shortage of lodgepole pines. My best option locally for long straight
poles is coppiced ash and I can't find any of that length that thin.

For yurt rafters I cleave ash, but it just wouldn't look right on a
tipi.

I was just kidding, but I now wonder if there is a business there for
someone here to ship lodgepole pine tipi poles from the YK to the UK.
Our lodgepole pines tend to grow in almost pure stands of tightly
packed trees, hence they are tall and straight (but that's the nature
of the interior subspecies of the inaptly named Pinus contorta). What
do you think people would be prepared to pay for them and is there
much of a demand?

Luigi
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