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Native Hardwood Lumber from Our Farm in the Heart of Southern Northeast Iowa
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Red Elm Lumber (also known as Slippery Elm) Ulmus rubra
Our forest has a fair number of Red Elm trees. They are succeptible to Dutch Elm disease, but some trees get a reasonable size before they succumb. Though forest managers are often encouraged to treet young Red Elm trees as "weeds" and sacrifice them to make room for species with a better chance at long-term suvival, I have a soft spot for these trees, and tend to leave them alone. When they manage to reach a decent size before dying, they make beautiful lumber.
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Item #36
Pair of bookmatched boards, measuring 55" x 9" x 7/8" thick, plus a smaller additional board. These boards have pretty grain, and like many Red Elm boards, they are just a bit bendy.
Price $54
Item #43
These 4 Red Elm boards all came from near the outer edge of the log. As such, they are more straight grained than many other boards that I have available. But, they do have a couple of cracks.
Length 53" - 56" Width 5 1/4" - 6 1/4" Thickness 1"
Price $20
Item #44
Four Red Elm boards, cut from a tree that had been dead a few years before I harvested it, so the wood is a slightly rotten. Adds character! Some cracks.
Length 53" Width 11 1/2" Thickness 15/16"
Price $40
Item #45
Series of boards from one log, with the same story as for Item #44 - maybe a little more rot than charachter in places. But nice boards, pretty grain.
Length 53" Width 11 1/2" Thickness 15/16"
Price $50
Item #74
Red Elm lumber often has dramatic grain patterns, and these 5 boards are no exception. Elm has sinuous wood fibers, which make it hard to split, and create a shaggy edge to rough-sawn lumber - (click the thumbnail and see for yourself). The 2nd and 3rd boards from the left of the photo are a matched pair. For part of their length (from about 21" to 31", if you go by the ruler along side the boards), the saw ran right through the middle of the trunk, so you see the pith of the tree on the matched surface of both boards. In the grain here, you can also see the imprint of little twigs branching off to either side of the young seedling's trunk. In my experience, this "branching twig pattern" is characteristic of Elms, I don't see it much in other tree species.
Full disclosure: Despite the awesomeness of having the heart of the log in the boards, this usually creates cupping as the lumber dries, and these boards are no exception to that rule. Contact us if you need exact measurements of how much cupping there is. By my scale, these 2 boards have . . a normal amount of cupping.
Length 70" Width 4" - 5.5" Thickness 1"
Price $140
Item #75
Two matched pairs of nice Red Elm boards, quite straight and flat, except for a little cupping. Free of defects, except for the defective parts. Photo #2 shows the naughty bits on the back sides of the boards.
Length 61" Width 7 7/8" Thickness 1"
Price $89
Item #76
Another pair of matched pairs of Red Elm boards. Board #2 is a bit wavy, #4 has a big open knot on the back side. But overall these boards are pretty nice. They are Red Elm - what's not to like??
Length 60" Width 6 1/2" Thickness 1"
Price $63
Item #77
Random assortment of 9 Red Elm boards. They are very nice and straight. Except for #8. He has issues.
Length 52" - 61" Width 4 3/4" - 6" Thickness 1"
Price $70
