Old maple surprise
Cutting into a log can reveal all sorts of surprises. Maple on ground for 2 years. Exterior looked like piece on left. Inside was spalted. We’ve made a few cheese boards (Charcuterie) for my nephew and his bride. A…
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Cutting into a log can reveal all sorts of surprises. Maple on ground for 2 years. Exterior looked like piece on left. Inside was spalted. We’ve made a few cheese boards (Charcuterie) for my nephew and his bride. A…
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Get asked all the time if this log or that one is worth milling. They’ve been sitting for ‘a while’. It’s not a ‘great tree’. What can it be used for? Actually, someone at church asked this week if Chinese…
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So many uses for biochar. It can improve your soil and therefore crop growth, but can it also reduce health care costs? This from a research study at Rice University. When I first saw the headline, I thought they were…
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“Waste” to Value Added Product We are passionate about our natural resources. From soil to all things that depned on it to grow. When a farmer can improve the soil, they can decrease inputs and improve their bottom line. When…
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Well, this is actually pt 4, since the banners were displayed earlier, parades and window. This item was on the must get list. When we take the mill to a client’s location, thought if we left it for a couple…
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Expert: “An ordinary fellow from another town” – Mark Twain “A man fifty miles from home with a briefcase” – Will Rogers I brought this up at the Dallas Regional SCORE Training for the American Small Business Champions. Where…
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Is in the eye of the beholder. We’ve all heard it. Whenever I see chicory I think of a coworker in Virginia that brought in a bouquet of chicory for the conference table where we had staff meetings. Now considering…
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Geneva Days Parade to celebrate our Nation’s Independence Day. And I forgot the flag, grrrrrr. Had conversations with a few people after the parade about either logs they have or slabs they want. Too bad they were repeat conversations and…
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Have a tree planted by an ancestor? Don’t loose the history when the tree dies. Let’s craft a dream. Have a large family? Depending on size of tree, we can make serveral …. mantel clocks; wall clocks; butcher blocks; picture…
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Can’t wait to meet up with a SCORE Mentor and learn more on marketing and other business skills that are not in our wheel-house. In the last month I’ve talked to many people at 3 home & garden/farm shows that…
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