Maine: Day 1

On Wednesday we went to a lumber factory. It was pretty interesting learning how they take a tree and turn it into 2x4s. They showed us how they use every part of the tree. What they don't use for the wood beams, they use elsewhere. The bark is sent away to be used as mulch, the woodchips are sent away to be paper, and they use the sawdust to power their plant. Right now they are 60% self-sufficient, and they are building a new boiler so that they will be 100% self-sufficient. It was pretty neat. It takes 2 weeks from the time the logs arrive until they are ready to ship out.