Welcome Daycreek.com is a web site devoted to our cordwood building adventure and living a more self-sufficient lifestyle. The DayCreek Journal now has over 200 entries chronologically ordered for your convenience. And if you are looking for information regarding cordwood masonry construction (also known as stackwall), please click on All Things Cordwood. There's also plenty of information on Renewable Energy , Self-Sufficiency / Homesteading and Permaculture.

What's New?

09.13.09 - The Kitchen is . . . Wondering how the kitchen turned out? Read all about it right here.

08.16.09 - Not-So-Funny Thing Happened to Me on my way to writing this journal entry one week ago. Click above to learn about my week of computer hell.

07.28.09 - Concrete Countertops - Part 7 Now that the countertop has been completed, the question is...WILL IT FIT???

07.27.09 - Concrete Countertops - Part 5 & 6 Back to the old grind! In order to expose the aggregate, the top layer of the countertop needs to be ground down. Find out how it's done right here.

07.26.09 - Concrete Countertops - Parts 3 & 4 In these two parts, the concrete is poured. Then a few days later, the form is released to show a nice, new countertop.

07.18.09 - Concrete Countertops - Part 2 Find out how the mix is made and watch Alan's old rusty, trusty mortar mixer do its thing.

07.13.09 - Concrete Countertops - Part 1 Over the past few months, Alan has been busy researching different eco-friendly kitchen countertops and the winner is ... Concrete using recycled glass chips and sand as well as post-industrial pozzolans added to a white portland cement. As a new feature, this journal entry also includes a video.

05.06.09 - Solar Heating System Modifications The solar heating system got a major overhaul this winter. Read all about the changes made to the system and the positive results.

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