While the media and many Highs School students and university teacher proctors participated in the mass hysteria of Japan's high stakes standardized testing, I was able to spend a few hours harvesting Sawtooth Oak wood for next years winter warmth. Three logs went to a neighbor for Shiitake Mushrooms. It was a good day.

This tree is used to host the Shiitake Mushroom microorganisms and is very popular for firewood. People say it lasts a long time in the wood stove. It feels very solid, a piece feels much heavier and a same-sized piece of another type of tree... That's a first impression for now..

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