Ugly Trees

There are ugly trees. There are mesquite trees in Texas. They are scraggly twisted sticks with stickers all around. They are bushes really. No, they are tough thorny weeds. They clog fields, mess with the water table and are a general nucense most of the time. If you need to clear a field cluttered with mesquite trees, you have to rent a tractor with a cutter or have a healthy back and a well maintained chainsaw.

Mesquite wood makes for good barbecuing. There is something about the thick dark smoke that makes meat cook with that wood flavor. I don't think you can build anything beyond a mes or a fire with mesquite.

It isn't like there is a shortage thought. You can find counties full of mesquite and no one who will get in your way to collect as much as you can carry if you look around in mid to west Texas.