If any of you have High Def TV (if you don't, what are you waiting
for??), you would probably love this show I caught today on Discovery
HD:
http://dhd.discovery.com/schedule/series.jsp?series=109028&gid=0&channel=DHD
It's called "Deconstruction: Science of Building a House".
The ep I saw was "Foundation to Roof" and they visited a lumber mill,
explaining old growth vs. fast growth trees, plus shows how they cut
down and trim the tree (AMAZING!!!), and kiln dry it in approx 36
hours.
Highly recommend catching it if you can...