by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 19, 2001
This journal entry has nothing to do with building a cordwood house, but I felt compelled to share with you my Leonid meteor hunting adventure. If you still think I’m sane after reading all the previous journal entries, you might change your mind after reading...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 11, 2001
Its not as large as the first great wall of cordwood, but a double row over 60 feet long by over 4 feet high isn’t too shabby either. Each log was cut to 16″, split and stacked on pallets perpendicular to the prevailing winds. The cordwood will get plenty...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 3, 2001
On a recent trip to one of the local state parks, I noticed that the state of Minnesota had purchased farmland adjacent to the park. There were two barns left standing, pretty much intact. It appeared though that the state was ready to demolish the two barns. I made a...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 21, 2001
After much debate and realizing that a lumberjack I am not, I broke down and invested in a log splitter. There are many different log splitters on the market, from foot powered to hydraulic, gas engine models. One of the features that most models tout is the amount of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 10, 2001
I gave up hunting through the wood scrap piles at a log home company. It was mostly slim pickin’s (whatever happened to him?) and the number of 150 mile round trip drives I would have to make to supply me with enough cordwood was just too much trouble. The owner...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 30, 2001
It doesn’t have the same ring to it as lions and tigers and bears, but they have been quite a menace over the last week. Monday morning the thermometer read 32 degrees and a heavy blanket of frost covered the ground, but by Thursday temperatures rebounded above...
