When colonists settled Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1500s and 1600s Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) played a significant role in their survival. As the first settlers stepped ashore, forests of the four main varieties of SYP – Loblolly,…
By Lia Therese Feliciano, WIR Contributor Think of how wood is sawed. For most people, this brings to mind an image of a lumberjack using a gigantic saw or an ax to cut through a log. While it may look pretty awesome on TV at the World…
By Lia Therese Feliciano, WIR Contributor Many of us choose to build with Southern Yellow Pine for everything from our dream homes to weekend DIY projects because its aesthetic and function. And if those reasons aren’t enough to consider SYP…
