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FOR-124: First Steps in Identifying Wood
Terry Conners | Dec. 21, 2015 (New)
Wood samples need to be identified for all sorts of reasons, and they come in all shapes, sizes and conditions. I've received samples that were sound, samples that were waterlogged, samples that were rotted or otherwise degraded, painted samples, furniture samples, even samples containing wood preservatives. Most of the samples I receive have a North American origin, but I also receive pieces from art museums and antique dealers that can originate from just about anywhere. This sometimes means that identifying the sample by a common name alone doesn't provide enough information.
FOR-125: Distinguishing Softwoods from Hardwoods
Terry Conners | Dec. 21, 2015 (New)
Softwood and hardwood trees are made up of different types of cells. With just a little magnification, it's easy to see that softwood growth rings look different from hardwood growth rings. Additionally, growth rings don't look the same for all of the trees, and the growth ring appearance is one of the things we will look at to identify wood.
FOR-123: Introduction to Wood Structure and Characteristics
Terry Conners | Dec. 21, 2015 (New)
Knowing how to identify unknown pieces of wood using a hand lens is the only skill you will need for most situations---and that's the purpose behind most of this manual. A section at the end about how to identify wood using a microscope is available should you want to develop your wood identification expertise.
FOR-127: The First Separation of Softwood Species
Terry Conners | Dec. 21, 2015 (New)
Just making the separation between softwoods and hardwoods doesn't help much in identifying wood species; that would be sort of like identifying children by their hair color. Let's look at the next level of wood features that you need to be able to recognize.
FOR-62: Managing Urban Pest Bird Problems
Tom Barnes | May. 7, 2013 (Minor Revision)
FOR-91: Growing Forest Botanicals and Medicinals
Deborah Hill | Mar. 15, 2013 (New)
If you are interested in producing some of Kentucky's native medicinal plants, the first step is to gather as much information about them as possible. This publication includes useful information including a list of helpful books, contacts, and organizations.
FOR-83: Shiitake Production: Incubation and Stacking
Deborah Hill | Mar. 12, 2013 (New)
Monitor your logs for shade, moisture, and pest and disease problems while they are incubating. If firewood- or teepee-stacked logs are losing too much moisture, you may need to rearrange the stacks. (The bottom logs will always retain more moisture). Lean-to stacked logs should be more even in their moisture content, but they too can be reversed if necessary.
FOR-86: Shiitake Production: Processing and Storage
Deborah Hill | Mar. 12, 2013 (New)
How you handle your mushrooms depends on whether you plan to market them fresh or dried, retail or wholesale.
FOR-87: Shiitake Production: Marketing
Deborah Hill | Mar. 12, 2013 (New)
The most common outlets for marketing your shiitake mushrooms are farmers markets, whole food and health food stores, restaurants and restaurant suppliers, supermarkets (especially locally owned rather than the national chains), produce buyers, and produce wholesalers.
FOR-79: Shiitake Production: Log Selection and Preparation
Deborah Hill | Mar. 12, 2013 (New)
Shiitake mushrooms grow well on many species of hardwood tree. The Shii tree, native to Japan where these mushrooms originate, is in the same family as our oak trees, so all kinds of oaks are useful for shiitake production.