In today’s artisanal, hands-on and environmentally conscientious landscape, there are many reasons to harvest your own lumber: the desire to have just the right wood for a woodworking project, home renovation, or artistic pursuit; a sentimental attachment to a specific tree; a refusal to see a beautiful resource hauled to the dump or burned; or the need to make some quick cash or save a few bucks. But to successfully harvest lumber, you need to know the essential steps.