Wood Utilization from Construction Activities at Bundoran Farm

Posted by Leif Riddervold on June 8th, 2008

At Bundoran Farm it is critically important to us that our resources are not wasted, and are put to a good use. Several segments of our new road network traverse through forest areas, and a significant and concerted effort was made to ensure that the wood products removed would be utilized in a manner consistent with our philosophy. The wood that was suitable for saw-timber was hauled to a local mill for further processing. The tops of these trees, and other trees that were either to small or not straight enough to produce lumber were taken to a hardwood pulp mill where they were processed into cardboard and brown paper stock. All the root material and additional organic material that was unsuited for pulp was ground into mulch, and will be available to the new stewards of Bundoran Farm for use in their landscaping and gardening. Additionally, this material will be used on the farm in any application where mulch is needed. Grinding all of this material into a usable product came at a considerable expense; however, we did not believe that the other alternative, burning, was an option that we could live with given the wasteful nature of that practice.