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Woodlands Book Reviews
Book Review: Solar Cycle Lumber Kiln
Author:Allen Yale | Organization:Tree Farmer and Committee Member | Date:March 1, 2018For those of you with sawmills, or who hire someone to do custom sawing for you, sawing is just the first step in turning logs into quality lumber. The boards have to be stickered, dried, and stored under cover. One of the…
Book Review: Full Value Forestry
Author:Allen Yale | Organization:Tree Farmer and Committee Member | Date:June 1, 2018Many of us have complained that the main obstacle to successful forest management is the lack of a market for low quality wood. Jim Birkemeier, a forester/woodland owner/wood processor in Wisconsin feels that he has the answer for himself. He has adopted…
Book Review: Wishtree
Author:Allen Yale | Organization:Tree Farmer and Committee Member | Date:September 1, 2018Wishtree by Katherine Applegate Having just received my VWA newsletter, I was sitting on my front porch relaxing and reading the very excellent issue. I was thinking about what book I should review for the next issue, when my wife asked: “What…
Book Review: Identifying Ferns the Easy Way
Author:Allen Yale | Organization:Tree Farmer and Committee Member | Date:June 1, 2019Lynn Levine. Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket Guide to Common Ferns of the Northeast. Abington,Va: Heartwood Press, 2019. 24 Pp. $10.95. How many times have you walked in your woods and, seeing a fern, thought: “I wish I knew what…