so i cant burn the bottoms they are rotted and where they are not they still have some creosote in them. I will be left with 30 feet or so of either rotting or treated stuff. anyone got any ideas on ways to use these?\
btw they are doug fir and the creosote penetrates less then 3/4 of an inch

If you can chip the creosote off, what's left can be used to fill gullies or potholes, then covered with soil and planted.

Or make small part-sunken / part-raieed berms or ridges with them (erosion control), add some soil, and plant on tops and sides.

They will subside as they rot, but for a few years you have a spongy underground water reservoir that decays and puts organic matter into the soil.

Apparently, leaving the wood log-sized and partly below the root zone reduces the effect of "nitrogen deficit".

I recently learned a fancy name for "buried pile of rotting logs": hugelculture.

http://garden.org/ideas/view/d...
http://www.richsoil.com/hugelk...

good idea

In our climate, it might be helpful to let the lumber absorb water for 9 months, then release it for 3 months.

the smaller of the 2 piles

i might just have a bonfire up at snoqualmie

Looks like a lot of work!! Cute dog at the gate.

That's my dog bonnie

What a sweet thing.

Hi Bonnie!