Subject: Re: [permaculture] types of woods and their uses
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:04:06 -0500
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Frances and David <fdnokes@hotmail.com>wrote:
>
> What I am contemplating is that this is a golden opportunity to learn more
> about trees’ woods and what they work well for...
> Which ones are good for huglekultur (sp?), composting,
Everything except cedar, cypress, locust, walnut, fir and a few others,
which go into the category below, would work fine in a Huglekultur mound
> fungi/rot barrier,
>
all varieties of cedar and cypress, locust, walnut, fir, white oak, red
oak, live oak
> carving into eating implements, utensils, buttons, etc. (My mind is a
> little frozen at the moment)
>
The cedars and cypresses, spruce and fir are all valuable woods for
furniture and are prized for use in a house, decorative, durable, stable,
rare and expensive
maple, poplar, pine are also good for housebuilding and furniture
> Would anyone have any idea of such a database of information?
> Just thought I’d start by asking this highly resourceful group of people.
> Other than that, I can start by looking up the individual species as well
> as seeing what resources I can locate on my topic!
> There is also a wood turner in our area that I intend to look up when we
> are back home, and he would also likely have something to say on the matter.
>
> The woodturner will have lots of answers for you.