by Richard Flatau | Jan 7, 2025 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, Off grid, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
The Story of the Square Cordwood Sauna in Minnesota by Charles Yeager Cordwood Instructor In October of 2023, I was helping clear the Banadad Ski Trail, near the Gunflint Trail in Northern Minnesota, to ready it for cross-country skiers. One of the volunteers, who...
by Richard Flatau | Feb 24, 2024 | cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Two Cordwood Workshops are being offered in Grand Marias, Minnesota in August 2024. These workshops will be led by cordwood master builders Charles Yeager and Martha Williams. A picture of the resting porch of a beautiful cordwood sauna in the UP of Michigan. This...
by Richard Flatau | Jan 25, 2024 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized
Bobbie is creating a cordwood and solar power site for her homestead in Chattanooga, Tennessee. This is a practice building that is used to learn and practice the cordwood technique. Bobbie and her team have made it into a work of art. Note the colored glass on the...
by Richard Flatau | Aug 29, 2023 | Alternative Building, Cob, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, cordwood house, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Issac Haumesser decided to build a cordwood practice building to learn the technique. He built this gorgeous cordwood and stone shed using hand-cut dragon scale shingles for the roof. He made this beautiful door and painted the horses that grace its exterior. Using...
by Richard Flatau | Mar 25, 2023 | Alternative Building, cordwood, Cordwood Construction, log end, Off grid, solar, Tiny home, Uncategorized, Workshop
Bryan & Lois Pratt built this incredible high-altitude greenhouse in Colorado. They give the details in their own words. If you look carefully you will see a twelve-sided, two-story cordwood home on the right. “We built the greenhouse the summer of 2008...
