The yard
One saw, one shed and a lot of stickers
Gnarlbeck is four acres at the end of Pell Hollow Road: a band mill under a shed roof, an open shed of rough boards, and a slab shed you are welcome to walk through.
How the yard started
Ines Varga bought the first mill to saw the ash trees that came down on her own land. Neighbors started bringing their logs, then their friends did, and the yard has been sawing other people’s trees ever since.
Today there are three of us: Ines at the saw, Calvin on the loader, and Pearl at the office, who will measure every board with you.
What we care about
Your tree stays yours
Boards from your logs go back to you, stacked and counted. We never mix them with yard stock.
Straight answers
Ask us what each board is and how dry it is. If we do not know, we say so.
Nothing goes to waste
Ends become firewood, sawdust goes to a farm down the road, and bark goes to garden beds.
Looking for boards, not sawing?
Tell us what you are building and we set aside a few to look at.