But you don't have to be a craftsman to enjoy wood profits. You can collect wood to sell to skilled craftsmen. The diagonal slices of red cedar stems are used for decoupage art and clocks made red cedar valuable. The same can be said for basswood, on which craftsmen create designs or pictures with electric burning tools. Decorative craft materials to sell can come from driftwood, rotting stumps and roots, and pinecones.
Woodcarvers prefer white pine, basswood, walnut, and holly for carving items for sale.
Bags of aromatic shavings or sawdust of sassafras, red cedar, and evergreen cones can be packaged and sold as potpourri. Walking sticks of sourwood, birch, ash, ironwood, and other saplings are also money-makers. Dyes for crafts and clothing can be made from black walnut hulls, bloodroot, goldenrods, and a host of other plants. Medicinals from natural plants are extremely popular. For centuries, people have selected trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers, and ferns to landscape homes and gardens.