Cedar??

[Typhoon]

Ok, to make a long story short. My wife just LOVES picnic tables. And I have a nice spot on our land to put one. She doesnt know it yet but I want to build her a cedar one for christmas. It has to be cedar. Im dead set on it. However, where can I find the cedar to build it with? Anyone have any ideas? I would even pay to have it shipped. I just need the lumber. Any ideas appreciated.  
-Brad

[Tom]

I've heard it grows like a weed up your way. :D

Get in touch with Bibbyman.  He cuts it.  He's along about the same lattitude as St. Louis.  Is that Looie?

I've seen it growing in Alabama, Western N.C.and Tennesee faster than they can mow it down.  Gow to the members map and see if you can contact one of these fellows close to you or in a more southern state.  

[Minnesota_boy]

Hey Tom,
Maybe he meant northern white cedar, or western red?   ;D ;D

[Tom]

yeah, could be :D
Or incense cedar, or salt cedar, or southern red, arborvitae, atlas, yellow, or ......................? and I opened my big mouth. :

Probably isn't Cedar waxwing.  I don't think that would make a very good table. :D  ......I digress...... .....again :D

[Typhoon]

Thanks guys!! I will try Bibbyman!
 8)

[Percy]

Heya Typhoon
If you cant find any around there, Im swimmin in Western Red Cedar up here in northern B.C. Ill even send a picture of the pieces Im sending ya ;D

[biziedizie]

  Typhoon I got a customer that ordered some cedar for a picnic table and he wanted the wood to be 4" x 12" x 6' long. I asked him why he wanted it cut like this and he said that he wanted the table to look like one of them park tables. Weeks later I went to his place and he had it sitting in his yard, his yard was full of animals and the place looked really cool
  He transformed his place in to a petting zoo and it musta cost him a fortune to do what he did. I asked him about his place and why he did this and his reply was "I like to see the children smile"


   Steve

[Bibbyman]

How far are you from Marengo, Indiana?   "Cederman" Richard Newman does a cedar business there and is set up to ship.

Here is a link to his web site. EASTERN RED CEDAR