Firewood Farms

Very nice and knowledgeable staff. Nice selection of large wood slabs. They were able to cut large slab down to specific size for me.

Overall a four star rating. Worked with Tracy. Very friendly and professional. Was very helpful and was dog friendly. Took the time to explain prices and firewood selection.

Thank you HMB Firewood Farms! Happy Holidays.

Pros:
-Beautiful location
-Pick and choose your own wood
-No haggle, just load, pay and leave
-Very friendly staff
-Clean, seasoned, hot burning firewood
-Local small business

Con:
-Very over priced:

I have a short box Silverado (62.9 cubic feet). I have a bed cover with a canister so I don't get to entirely fill up my truck bed, but I had a full load of seasoned almond wood. Similar load of almond in the Modesto area is roughly $150 to $180 max. I was expecting the Bay Area mark up, but after I loaded I learned they charge $8 a cubic foot! $8 a cubic foot to pick and load your own wood.

I was charged $392 for not even half a chord of wood. Although I was shocked, I just paid it. It was 100% my fault for not asking how much before I loaded my truck. Rookie move.

In comparison, you can have an entire chord of almond wood delivered to your driveway, all you gotta do is stack it, for $500 to $550 max.
A chord of wood is 128 cubic feet. With the math at Firewood Farms, that will cost you $1,024.00!

Or, you can make the drive to the Central Valley area and buy from a local farm there. They will help you load it for half the price or even less than that. Firewood Farms, in my opinion, is taking advantage of their location and all the millionaires that live in the surrounding areas. One would only believe the prices here are "good" or "reasonable" if you didn't know any better. If money doesn't matter to you, then this is the place to buy from for the location and experience.

It was a cold and rainy afternoon when I called Firewood Farms inquiring about almond wood for sale. They had it. I communicated I was driving 45 minutes and due to arrive 20 minutes before closing. No problem they said. When I was 5 minutes away, the cars in front of me came to a complete stop. Unfortunately for someone ahead of me, a truck had flipped over and landed on top of their car. Luckily everyone involved was o.k. BUT gridlock ensued for the next 40 minutes. I was only .75 miles away. I eventually arrived after closing time. Tracy was understanding and went out of her way to assist me. I backed up to a very organized and clean stack of almond wood. I loaded quickly. I felt like I was visiting a friendly neighbor. How nice to diffuse my stress with kindness. Thank you Firewood Farms for running your business just like I would : with staff that cares and when you need something, when you need it, its o.k, if you can't control everything (my arrival time). We are here for you.
This business is fire.

The manager Caroline is personable and has reasonable rates for a quarter cord of wood good almond tree wood that cost 276 dollars flat. They were under another manager that treated people condescendingly before but they are good now. I'm pleased they come in a truck that says Firewood Farms on it two men come they tilt the back down and empty the amount of wood they sold you onto your driveway. Cash and check is accepted and a surcharge of 4% is applied to credit card payments. I brought cash. I brought a hand truck to get the wood into my garage from my driveway several pieces which seem to be cut from the tree's trunk were big and heavy and there were several pieces that were round and somewhat smaller which seemed to be the branches. I will be burning the wood soon in my fire pit. I would this company and will most likely call back for more wood in a few months.

James and Jo are great! Super helpful and our go to spot for almond fire wood for our brick oven.

Thanks much!

I'm sure they are all wonderful people.
I can't afford to buy firewood from them at $7 a cubic foot. Let's see...a cord is 128 cubic feet x $7 is $896 for a cord of fire wood. Maybe they are selling to people who want one campfire once, in a box a person can fit in a small car; or to persons who want them for wedding decorations. Those btu's are too beaucoup for actual heating.

Super helpful staff. We pulled right in,
loaded up and had our Almond wood for our pizza oven ready to go! Very affordable and no hassle. COVID-19 protocols were in place and they have a bunch of friendly kitties running around to keep those smiles going!

We were low on wood and, based on all the Yelp love, we decided to give Firewood Farms a shot. Their seasoned almond firewood prices were reasonable, and we were fortunate that they had a delivery opening for the next day.

We live out in the Santa Cruz mountains on a windy, one-land road that sometimes puts off flatlanders; and truth be told, the last time we ordered wood from a different place, they tried to upcharge us to deliver to our house once they saw our road in person. Thankfully, the person I spoke to at Firewood Farms said that, compared to the wiggly dirt road she lives on, our gravel road sounded like "the suburbs," and their team easily and efficiently made the delivery.

Now we are good on wood for the next couple of years. When we run out, we will be calling these folks back.

This is the most unprofessional business I've ever encountered. They sold me a warped table and won't take any action after hanging up the phone on me.