With nearly 15,000 square feet of floor space there was plenty of room, so we started going to auctions and rummaging through attics and garages looking for antiques, old books, furniture -- anything that might sell. And the Point Barn was officially in business. Then in 2004, my wife Iris expressed a desire to open her own flower shop, and in just a few years, that has grown to a full blown floral and garden operation specializing in fresh cut flowers and unique finds for the home and garden. Meanwhile, ever since I can remember, I was interested in woods, timber and the lumber industry, particularly in Pennsylvania, where the diversity and quality of hardwoods such as cherry, walnut, ash and maple is second to nowhere else in the U.S. So I ended up in the timber harvesting business and as a byproduct, became something of an 33
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