Was going to do that with our own timber until I researched what you have to do to prep the wood to last.
3 to 5 year air-drying - I didn’t have the time....
Research it - it’s all out there on the web.
My mortgage company would not do loans on log homes unless they were engineered laminated logs. “Huh?” “What?” I said. I found the company that invented them, the best.
I used engineered laminated logs made in Montana (no longer in business) using Canadian Lodgepole pine. Logs look just like they did the day we laid them 23 years ago. No splitting, cracking, warping, twisting, settling. None.
I think only one company makes them today. No - looks like more. If you want a home to last forever, use them.
BTW, Deep Creek Log Homes was the biggest log home builder east of the Mississippi for about 50 years until 2008 when it went under. Their vast experience was with every log conceivable. When they found the log company I used in about 2000, they refused to build with anything else.
Ah-ha! Now lots of companies have picked up on the many advantages of laminated logs and are making them.
Pick your wood carefully: cedar is dark and gets darker over time. Cannot get large logs. Yellow pine is a strong wood structurally - but not pretty - not a good wood cosmetically. Best used for hidden structural needs.
Canadian white pine - lodgepole preferably - is ideal. Light color that stays light, bug-free.
Many, many historic log homes and barns were built with green logs. Had to. Needed shelter. Many still stand and are in use today hundreds of years later. So, I’m not worried about it. I like variation and the hand made look so I’m not going for perfectly straight logs or uniformity. In fact, I want to avoid that. I’m doing a hand crafted home. Spruce and lodgepole.