Summer is certainly enjoyable, but also a time when many of us capitalize on the good weather and spend a lot of time working.
Each woodlot will be different, and it takes carefully controlled actions to maximize your rate of return. More importantly, you need to decide what activities will be most satisfying.
ASK your questions and Sawmill & Woodlot authors will answer them for you. This month's answers to readers' questions on drying, solar kilns and the Southern Pine Beetle are from Gene Wengert.
What makes a good guitar? It's a question Steve McMinn of Pacific Rim Tonewoods (PRT) has been asking himself for nearly 50 years.
For much rural land, if it is not in active farming, forest management or mineral extraction, the highest and best use is generally classed and taxed as its potential value for real estate development.
The Brooks Sawmill was established in 1923 and is likely the oldest, continously family owned, sawmill business in Alberta. It started with manual felling and horse logging on the Brooks property as well as on adjacent property.
Softwood lumber is handled and dried much differently than hardwood lumber.
