Category Archives: Jenn’s Blog

4th of July Online Live Edge Slab Sale

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Live Edge Slab Sale We didn’t want to leave you out if you can’t make it into the Wood Barn in Sheridan this Saturday June 30th from 8am to 12 noon, so we are offering an online sale of $50 off any live edge slab $250 or over. Use Coupon code USA … but hurry […]

Memorial Day Weekend Wood Sale at the Wood Barn

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This Saturday we’ll be having our first ever Memorial Day Weekend wood sale at the Wood Barn.  This will be our best sale EVER!  We’ve got a lot of new inventory coming and and are ready to wheel and deal on the old stuff. If you’re looking for artisan woods, craft woods, wide slabs, live […]

Showing of Felled at Tower Theater in Sacramento, March 6th 2018

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Save the Date! When:  March 6th from 6pm to 8:30pm. Where:  Tower Theater ; 2508 Land Park Dr, Sacramento, CA 95818 What:  The Urban Lumber Network & Sacramento Tree Foundation present: Felled – a documentary film about giving new life to fallen urban trees. Cost: Tickets start at $1 and you MUST have a ticket to attend. […]

Urban Salvaged and Reclaimed Lumber Network is finally Here!

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Preserving Trees For Their Full Value through an urban salvaged and reclaimed lumber network For over two decades companies and individuals in the West have been struggling to keep our urban lumber, salvaged lumber, and reclaimed woods out of the waste stream and give them a second life. All too often we hear stories of […]

Sacramento’s Java City Camphor Lives On

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In 1886, 9 year old George H.P. Lichthardt planted a camphor tree on the corner of what is now 18th and Capitol Ave in Midtown Sacramento. As the camphor grew it got to see the city streets change from dirt to pavement and the vehicles change from horse drawn to motorized.

Far West & Wood-Mizer at the California State Fair

Logs to Lumber sign with Far West and WCA at the CA State Fair 2015

Far West Forest Products and Wood-Mizer are happy to be partnering with West Coast Arborists, Inc., and the California Forest Foundation at the California State Fair this year.  We’ve been educating the public on the urban forest, and the use of Urban Wood for lumber.  If you want to learn how urban foresters convert dead […]