I've listed some mail order sources for smoke wood on the All About Smoke Woods page.
Also, you can click "search" at the top of this page and do a search on "wood source". You'll find many past threads containing suggestions, including mail order sources, visiting golf courses, tree trimming services, orchards, etc.
Hi Ron,
A fellow Michigander has a great little shop
on the west coast (Grand Rapids). may save you some $$$ on the shipping service is fast and prices are reasonable. www.theoutdoorcook.com
Today I just moved a bunch of maple into the basement to season after the tree man removed a large limb overhanging my house. I wonder if the meat will taste better since the wood comes from my own yard?!
Ron, don't know where you're at in Michigan but if you are anywhere near apple orchards, at this time of the year they will either have wood to sell or give away. Last year I got 40 pounds of apple wood from an orchard in Romeo for $5.
My local ACE Hardware store stocks all kinds of wood chunks ... Alder, Grape, Peach, Hickory, Mesquite, Perssimon, Apple, Oak, Pecan ... $7.95/bag (7-10 pounds /infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif I think).
Hey thanks everyone....I called an apple orchard near my home and yes they have it. She told me $55 for a face-cord of wood which is a full pickup truck load. I said whoa! thats too much wood I just need 30 or so pounds. She said we'll work something out. If I had the storage space for the face-cord I would just get it but I don't.....Thanks again everyone...