Forget identying wood once it's already lumber -- who knew it was so hard to identify TREES ? I feel like a little kid who is totally unaware of the world around him. I have some box elder trees on my property so I bought a couple of books from Borders on trees. I just wanted to identify the rest of what I had on my land. Several cedar trees, two different types of maples. But I can't for the life of me figure out exactly which type of maple they are. And I can't identify some of the other trees -- one is possibly a persimmon.
My wife and I have been birdwatching for the past year and we've gotten pretty good at figuring out what is what there. Maybe 26 types of birds in our yard in that much time so it's been fun. But this tree thing -- whew -- much harder.
Are there any good websites out there ?
This stems from wanting to take down a few trees and at the same time turn them into useful lumber. I'm in love with the idea of building something that came from wood on my own land.
Steve
My wife and I have been birdwatching for the past year and we've gotten pretty good at figuring out what is what there. Maybe 26 types of birds in our yard in that much time so it's been fun. But this tree thing -- whew -- much harder.
Are there any good websites out there ?
This stems from wanting to take down a few trees and at the same time turn them into useful lumber. I'm in love with the idea of building something that came from wood on my own land.
Steve
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