by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 19, 2001
A Night with the Leonids 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 11, 2001
Stacking Cordwood and the Northern Lights 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 3, 2001
Barn Board Bonanza 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 21, 2001
Doing the Splits with a Log Splitter 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 10, 2001
Pining for Pines 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...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 30, 2001
Cordwood Veneer for Interior Walls? 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...
