Cribbage!

Black walnut cribbage boards from the Woodlands Sawmill this Christmas. We’re ready for game night…

Winter and Literacy

Winter here is starting out more like summer. I’ve been wearing this old T-shirt around all the time. I’m trying to promote literacy… Merry Christmas!

Willow Christmas tree 2023

Last year we harvested a downed willow tree with the intention that we’d make this year’s Christmas tree from it. We made several desk top versions as models for the full sized one. And here is the full sized one!

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Half Day

Here in the woodlands a half day of school for parent conferences just means extra time to learn splitting logs with a maul…

Porch Reno

Another black locust tree fell in the woodlands a while back, and we’ve now used it to reno the front porch of a centennial home in Wisconsin. It was a very fun team effort led by the project manager shown here.

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The Last Ash Tree

A 60 ft white ash tree fell over our driveway. It was probably the last ash tree in the woodlands, and it was a real test of our ability to handle such a thing. I was ready to give up five times, but still she persisted. Note her bike helmet being used for protection from […]

Just Another Day

What a guy. He adds 6 beautiful rainbow trout to the freezer, then reimagines and recreates the woodlands welcome icon. Oh, and hauls away the blown down branches from last night’s storm.

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Tree Troubles

When the Woodlands trees get blown down over the neighbors’ fence and into their horse pasture, it’s a good thing to have a sawmill.

Big Day

What a day of hard work. Old-fashioned trout fishing and new-fashioned saw milling.

Waders!

The home crew in their newly inherited hip-waders.