jeff joseph -- woodworker
handcrafted furniture from sustainably managed woodlands
Tag: Environment
firewood—which trees?
I spent some time in my woodlot a few weeks ago, marking the trees that I will harvest for firewood this year. As I worked my way through each stand, inspecting trunks and crowns in order to find the trees best suited to end… Continue Reading “firewood—which trees?”
pruning the orchard
I grew up on the east coast (Massachusetts), but after graduating from college I moved to northern California, and spent the next ten years living in that incredible landscape before moving back to New York in 2002. My last stop in California was the… Continue Reading “pruning the orchard”
big trees
Trees like this magnificent Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera), which I was fortunate enough to witness firsthand on the Albright Grove loop trail in Smoky Mountain National Park……………. ………….come from these humble origins (Tulip seedling on the forest floor of my woodlot). While trees that… Continue Reading “big trees”
nature and mind
As I sit pondering how to begin this blog, I am looking through the window above my desk at a late winter scene: morning sun on a fresh bed of snow, swirling snowflakes glinting in the slanting light, shifting shadows made by passing clouds,… Continue Reading “nature and mind”
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