permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Frances and David <fdnokes@hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Seconding the birch and basswoods ideas, and perhaps ash might be a good
> choice? Tight grain, hard but not too hard, plenty of them...
>
> Thought of hickory in the same light; a bear to carve, but it wears like
> iron, nice straight grain...
>
> Our native Carpinus, called ironwood, falls in this same category; be ready
> to sharpen the chisels quite a bit, but you now have an heirloom rather
> than
> a disposable spoon...
>

Yes, I forgot many species. Add walnut, ash and hickory to the weather
resistant group
and to the furniture group and birch, beech, ironwood and basswood to the
furniture and carving category.