Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! In this episode, we carry up 17 white pine boards, plane them, and install them on the porch floor, carefully scribing them around posts for a polished finish. After ...

In this episode, we gather dirt for our raised beds, experience the last snow of the year, and encounter wildlife at the cabin. We test a new mortar technique that secures the mortar with nails ...

Mosses are a widely used chinking material of log cabins in Alaska. The commonly used species are discussed, the advantages and disadvantages relative to fiberglass batting are given. Journal ...

Log cabins have roots in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, dating as far back as 3,500 B.C., followed by European settlers constructing these primitive homes in America starting in the 17th century.

Andy Mills got into the business of preserving hand-hewn log buildings when he lived in Texas, where he saw his first log cabin. “It was half burned and falling down,” he said. But the cabin captured ...