The Woodworking Season

The woodworking season starts in mid September. The garden goes dormant, mice start moving into bee hives, the furnace clicks on and men and women descend into their basement workshops. The last minute high school technology instructors put in their orders. Every year, Garreson Lumber Company tries to fill the warehouse before that time. Every year we fall behind and this year is no different. If you don’t get our free newsletter, the Tally Sheet, call and order a copy at 607-566-8558. We have some hardwood lumber species with sale prices you won’t find on the website (www.garresonlumber.com).

The August issue of Popular Woodworking featured a story about Garreson Lumber’s kiln snakes. Unfortunately our snakes failed to return this year. Instead we have one cat and two toads, so please if you visit, don’t raise your feet more than half an inch when you walk or there may be a sad squishing sound.

The November Popular Woodworking issure will have information never before printed—The human moisture meter—how to measure moisture content by feel. Hint: it helps to practice on several hundred thousand board feet before trying this in public.

Half the fun of a blog is to see what ads google pastes on your site. I wrote a nearly true story about my son falling into a centrifuge and got ads for nitrogen gas generation and milk shakes. Nitrogen is a very important part of our atmosphere and I encourage all readers: Please support Nitrogen generation! Did you know that the ozone hole plug is composed of 80% Nitrogen? It just makes sense and helps preserve the environment. As for milkshakes, you can make your own and home and save $!