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Welcome
Welcome back to DayCreek.com. Daycreek.com was originally established in 1997 to chronicle our cordwood house-building adventure here in southeast Minnesota.
For those wondering, we love our cordwood house and can’t say enough good things about the house and living out in the sticks. It’s been a blast and hope to bring many more journal entries and videos to you as we move forward in our continuing adventure!
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Thank you and enjoy our website!
—Alan Stankevitz
News You Seek from DayCreek
Road Blocks to Solar Electric Installation
Effective January 1, 2004, the Minnesota Department of Commerce in cooperation with Xcel Energy (we are not part of their grid down here in the SE corner of MN) have extended the solar rebate program across the entire state.The rebate program is funded by Xcel...
Global Warming Close to Home
In the past week dire predictions have been made by scientists (Nature 427 , 107 - 109 ) regarding global warming and the mass extinction of life upon this planet. Predictions of 1 out of every 10 species of plants and animals may die off by 2050—That's over 1 million...
Home for the Holidays
It's been a while since I last wrote and well, there has been a lot of things going on other than working on the house. After Thanksgiving, I spent a couple of weeks at the house making holiday gifts for family and friends. The house has quite a bit of open space so...