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Similar efforts are being made to save heritage varieties of apples. http://www.goodfruit.com/Good-Fruit-Grower/May-15th-2010/WANTED-Endangered-apples/

There are hundreds and hundreds of...

Welcome! I'm no where near you, but I thought someone should at least answer your post and say hi.

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I'm skeptical that they claim you can do it for $200 or less. They really don't give you any clues either.

Scandinavian chinkless homes, when done CORRECTLY, will last for centuries. The problem is, the amount of time and craftsmanship required to do one correctly is HUGE.

First, the logs must be...

Mark and Lisa Sherrod built using the Piece en Piece method.

http://www.loghomebuilders.org/image-galleries/student-log-homes/mark-lisa-sherrodd

Basically, it's a timber frame, with the walls...

Check out Pam's place. She stained her logs, and I think she might have also used synthetic chinking. Be sure to click on the thumbnails to see the pictures full sized. Her house has a very...

Snow can pile up and sit against your logs too. That would be VERY bad.

I gotta say, when I'm looking for an outhouse, the internet is the last place I would go to find one!

The roof is too small. Those logs are going to get wet.

My guess would be winter cut, while the sap is down. Summer cut, when the sap is up, will have a layer of sloppy, sticky cambium layer engorged with water. I would think that as the water...

There are plenty of log homes in Colorado, Wyoming, and Alaska. Bear in mind that where you build in those states may affect the cost of your logs. Fuel prices to transport them will drive the...

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This one is my all time favorite. That's a DOUBLE Chuck joke in 9 words. Amazing.

Only way it could be better is if it was a Haiku.[/quote]

Tears of Chuck Norris
Cure for any known ailment...

Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit were both pooping in the woods. Mr. Bear said to Mr. Rabbit, "Mr. Rabbit, do you ever have a problem with poop sticking to your fur?"

"Why no, Mr. Bear, I don't" replied...

I'd be interested in checking out what your neighbor has available. I'll hold off on a realtor though. My email is MyUserName AT rcn.com.

Each piece is roughly 1.5' long. Spaced every 2'. 40/2 = 20 per log. 4 walls = 80 per course of logs. 1.5 x 80 = 120' of rebar per course. The diameter of your logs determine how many courses...

Is there broadband internet available anywhere in that neck of the woods? (I telecommute, and require decent internet for work). And how is the "Liberty factor" in your county? I grew up in...

I'm going to guess that Barna is a log home kit company, and you need to move and build a kit? I'm afraid that this site is dedicated to the Butt and Pass method using whole, hand-peeled logs in the...

The other thing that makes D-logs and other "chinkless" designs more prone to rot is having Wood on Wood. Anytime you have wood against wood, no matter how tight the joint is, capillary action draws...

The general rule is that bigger is better. The greater the diameter of the log, the fewer logs you will need to achieve the desired height, and the greater insulation and thermal mass the logs will...

I wouldn't worry about the scary sounding "no more classes this year" message. I've suggested that they soften the wording of this a bit, but they keep putting the same message up when they don't...

Seasoning is not needed with the LBHA method. The worst thing that happens, even with freshly-cut, summer-cut logs is that the chinking might separate from the logs on the top of the chinking as the...

When you take the class, you will be inside one of the best examples of a zero-maintenance butt and pass log home that is 31 years old -- Skip's house in Monroe. The classes are usually held during...

You pound nails into the lower log, then bend them up to act as the backer for the mortar. As the logs shrink toward their centers, a gap may develop along the top of the chinking. Because there is...

Mr. Rock, have you ever done earth-sheltered structures? Any possible tips, or info? Are dry-stacked concrete blocks, filled with poured concrete, then surfaced with structural stucco as strong as...