I visited Jake the other day and saw the forest on his property where he harvests black locust trees. He is the only person in this region who has them. They are stronger than concrete and will last at least 50 years if properly tamped into an earthen footer (no concrete), or, as Jake has done, resting on a rock. I will be using them as the posts for the deck and the greenhouse. These logs are no joke - a 6 foot post can weigh upwards of 1000 pounds. This is the deck he built with them - (the posts and perlins), the top boards are hemlock. His house is ALL hand-made.
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