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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.


Cordwood Workshops 2010

Cordwood Construction Workshop near Tomahawk, WI September 11-12, 2010 at University of Wisconsin's Treehaven campus. Click here for information. Click here for the registration form.


What's New?

08.01.10 - Are We There, Yeti? With all of this warm weather now's the time to start looking forward to winter...but be forwarned...the Abominable Snowman is just around the corner. It's time to repair the gutters and get those roof snow brakes in place.

07.09.10 - Cordwood and Community Another article added to the Cordicles section of our web site is a cordwood article entitled: Cordwood and Community. Alternative building techniques meet Energy Star practices. Article written by Becky and Richard Flatau. (Special thanks to Back Home Magazine for allowing the reproduction of this article.)

07.09.10 - The Practical Art of Repurposing Just added to the Cordicles section of our web site is a cordwood article entitled: The Practical Art of Repurposing. Bartered, gifted and salvaged resources make a garden shed to be proud of. Article written by Tom Barchacky. (Special thanks to Back Home Magazine for allowing the reproduction of this article.)

06.29.10 - Sears Craftsman Model No. 917.273200 My relationship with a Sears garden tractor.


Looking for Books and Plans?
If you are in the market for books and plans related to cordwood construction, please be sure to check out Richard and Becky Flatau's book order web page here at Day Creek.


 

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