The lumber at your local yard is a fundamentally different material than it was.

We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

Q. Is it possible to kiln dry freshly sawn, very wide (16 - 18 inch), 1-inch thick white pine lumber with minimal cupping? By minimal I mean, I want to be able to plane the wide boards down to 3/4 or ...

Keep building materials local by building a DIY wood kiln to dry locally harvested and milled lumber. After being inspired by creations they’d spotted online, The Farm at Okefenokee co-founder Jeff ...