Shipping my juniper wood is the only part of the business that I have very little control over.  I find the juniper wood, I bring it back to my shop and pressure wash the bark off, I dry it, I make furniture with it, and I sell the unfinished pieces and ship them to all USA and Canadian zip codes. I make local deliveries, sometimes people drive out to my shop with a large truck, but the vast majority of the wood … [Read more...]

Western juniper populations have expanded and contracted over the last 7,000 years. Within the last 150 years or so, the population and acreage covered by western juniper has increased three- to ten-fold. This expansion has many ranchers, resource professionals, and even enviromentalists concerned about juniper's impacts on rangeland conditions. Juniper are known to out-compete surrounding vegetation for … [Read more...]

Western juniper was quite widely used as a medicinal herb by a number of native North American tribes who used it to treat a variety of complaints, especially those related to the kidneys and the skin.  It is rarely, if at all, used in modern herbalism. The leaves themselves were used to treat constipation, coughs, and colds.  And, the leaves were taken by pregnant women prior to giving birth in order to relax … [Read more...]