The Tharin Hall Project is a local venture that provides the capital city community with well-seasoned, hand-cut firewood and wood products, as well as seasonal items like mistletoe, treated Spanish moss, and holly. We stock a number of different types of wood in order to best provide for the specific preferences of our customers and any potential use they may have for our products. Our most effec
tive firewood (based on each type of wood's respective heat capacity as per its BTUs, or British Thermal Units) includes ash, red oak, white oak, beech, birch, hickory, hard maple, pecan, dogwood, almond, and apple. All of the wood we sell is cultivated from the land surrounding Tharin Hall, which is name of the homestead at the center of the property that has been in my family since the early 20th century. The firewood we sell is from well-seasoned fallen trees that have been down on the property for several years, often the product of storms such as Opal and Katrina. Due to the diligent work of my brother, Hank Johnson, Tharin Hall has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2002. Accordingly, while firewood sales and other commercial aspects of the project are vital to its continued success, the underlying focus of The Tharin Hall Project is without a doubt the environmental and historical preservation of the land that has been in my family for over 100 years. In the coming weeks and months I will be spending more time researching government and private grants, legal maneuvers and strategies to protect, preserve and improve The Tharin Hall estate, particularly emphasizing the maintenance and remodeling of the Antebellum era buildings on the property.
