When I first started my entrepreneurial journey, I thought a supportive spouse meant helping with daily business tasks. I was wrong. Real support is trust—the freedom to explore, fail, and start over if needed. My latest blog post is about how family support has shaped my approach to risk, fear, and resilience.

Spending a month in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado with my portable sawmill.

Spending the summer in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains has been nothing short of incredible. The air is crisp, the views are endless, and...

Bringing a portable sawmill to your property is one of the best ways to turn logs into valuable, usable lumber—right where the trees...

Homestead projects you build with rough sawn lumber.

There’s more to sawmilling than sawdust—like marketing, maintenance, and adapting to what the market throws at you.

I'm making a few predictions in this post.

I came across a book a couple years ago that moved the needle for me and my business. I had the opportunity to mill for David C. Baker, a...

How a portable sawmill can help with home improvement and remodeling projects.

Camping, Milling and Thinking

Lessons I've learned: Start where you are, with what you have Be adaptable to opportunities, but stay focused on sawing logs and...

Trip to NC to help with recovery efforts

Sawing logs is like life's challenges.

How AI is helping my sawmill business.

I had the privilege to take my mill and visit the mountains in East Tennessee and saw for a couple days. This customer is planning to...

What do you do with a white oak whiskey barrel? Turn it into drawers for an interesting piece for your kitchen. I went and visited with...

My journey began with a request from a homeowner who envisioned adding the rich, dark tones of black walnut to their living space. They...

Having the creativity and ability to take a log destined for the burn pile and make it into something beautiful is truly an honor. In...

My portable sawmill has been buzzing and slicing logs that were headed to the burn pile over the last week. I was able to take these logs...

Over the past couple of weeks, I had the privilege of assisting a gentleman who had cleared a small plot of land to build his daughter’s...