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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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—Alan Stankevitz
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How Many Hours to Complete a Wall
Aren't you done with the house yet? Haven't you finished the walls yet? When will the house be completed? How long is it going to take? I get those questions every week it seems. I think I will leave everyone in suspense. Regardless of when the house gets completed, I...
Wall Number 22 Completed
Moonfest is over now and things have returned back to normal at Day Creek. Wall number 22 was completed this week, even though I had a late start. Monday was a day to relax a bit. I didn't get too much done other than getting my supplies for the week. Tuesday I was...
Moonfest 2002
Sandwiched in between the frostbitten winds of spring and deer fly-biting summer comes Moonfest. The trick to Moonfest is to find a weekend that our friends can get together, pick a good-weather weekend and of course, have it during a full moon. Once in a blue moon,...