Forest Stewardship Council and LumberToday when you want to buy green products the Forest Stewardship Council “FSC” logo is what you look for. To that end FSC has done an outstanding job branding and conditioning consumers to feel good about that logo and the products it is on. I applaud them for that and do […]
Episode 20 Trees as Crops
Plantation Forests are Managed Like CropsThis episode I catch up on some more questions submitted via email. There is a good variety covering pest control, methods to identify alternate species, stickering your lumber, and of course, smoking ALL the meats.Tales from the YardWith talk of finding alternate species, I share a project about a wide […]
Episode 19 Warped Wood on Purpose
Wood Bending with Warped WoodThis week I catch up on some emails from listeners. We talk about purpose warped wood, the Green Wall, community based logging, shop made plywood, composite lumber, and (gasp) environmentalists and loggers working together…MASS HYSTERIAIndustry NewsEngineers use cross lamination and wood drying to predictably bend woodChina and Africa are planting “Green […]
