Logs to lumber

We are logging trees on our property that will be cut up and used to build the house. This is a photo of Gregory Guest (son of Greg's Mobile Milling Service), running the portable mill on our property, getting ready to cut up a Douglas Fir that James felled (see excited James standing behind the mill!). We think we will be able to frame the entire house with wood logged off our own land, how cool is that?! The property has been designated a "Forestry Stewardship Council Certified Forest" by the Northwest Natural Resources Group (which gets us a green designation), and has a mix of 30-year-old red alder, hemlock, and Douglas fir (it was stripped 30 years ago by the previous owner). After the logs are cut, James is stacking them to dry in a solar kiln (future posting). You should see the huge pile of sawdust next to the mill.