Slugs are the common name for those slimy crawlers that squirm their way over your garden eating your leaves and your vegetables.

Douglas fir is a fairly hard softwood. It is used for commercial building construction and floor coverings. It grows in the United States and Canada.

American black cherry wood has a warm red to pink coloring. It is a beautiful wood to work with and makes an elegant floor covering.

Hickory is a dense, tough wood that works terrifically as a floor covering. Hickory nuts are edible though most people have never eaten them.

Hard maple is terrific for flooring and other woodworking applications where strength and durability are a concern. Maple wood is incredibly dense and wear resistant.

Santos mahogany is a dense wood with beautiful, natural coloring. It is quite different from genuine Honduran mahogany which is a much softer variety.

Lacewood is an exotic tree that grows in Australia and Brazil. It is a very expensive but very beautiful wood. It is used for flooring, furniture, musical instruments, trim and handicrafts.

The koa tree is native to the Hawaiian Islands. It is a beautiful, exotic wood. It is used for flooring, furniture, woodcarvings, surf boards and canoes.

Birch trees used for wood flooring, cabinetry and toothpicks. Natives used birch bark to make canoes and handicrafts. Birch trees offer important nutrients to insects and people.

White ash is an extremely hard, durable wood. It is a terrific floor covering because it is so long-lasting.