In the summer of the first year. Go to Konohona message board to get the mission to get it.
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In order to make lumber in Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns, you need to have the axe. When you find branches around the mountain area or in all the hidden areas, just equip your axe and chop the wood into lumber.
By choping the sticks on the groung with you axe.
First you have to get your axe out and use it on a piece of wood
Meet Luke from the forest near at the Dale's Carpentry
Any leveled-up Axe wil work, however, the more leveld-up it is the less hits it will take.