SalvageAn Offer

Have a tree
to offer?

Almost every piece in this shop comes from a tree that was already going to ground. If you have a downed tree, a burl, or a yard tree being taken for a driveway, the workshop wants to hear about it.

Fig. I · The kind of wood the workshop salvages.

What the workshop takesFour kinds

The wood the
forest let go.

I.
Storm-fall and ice-fall.
A maple split by an ice storm. A pine taken down by a nor'easter. A birch the wind put across your driveway.
II.
Burls, small or large.
Knotted, swirled growths on the side of a trunk. If a tree on your land has one and the tree is being taken anyway, that is the gift the workshop is looking for.
III.
Yard trees being taken.
A black walnut coming out for a driveway. An old apple at the back of a property. A cherry the arborist is already on the ladder for.
IV.
Standing dead.
A tree that died on the stump and stayed there long enough to start the slow walk to spalt. Beech, maple, birch.

What won't fitA short list

Not every tree
can be turned.

Living, healthy trees that would have to be cut for the wood.
Trees you do not own or have written permission for. Timber trespass is a state law in New Hampshire.
Wood already milled into lumber or boards. The workshop turns from logs and burls.
Pressure-treated, painted, or hardware-laden wood.

What happens nextIn short

Send a note,
Shiloh writes back.

Every offer reaches the workshop's inbox. Shiloh replies within a few days. If the tree is a fit, the conversation moves to pickup, timing, and access. If it isn't this season, the answer comes back honestly.

Photographs help, especially for burls. After you submit, you can reply to the workshop's note with images attached.