#Wisconsin Log Homes for Sale

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Rare iconic Stocks Homestead is for sale. It’s a unique home and needs reno, but the real estate description suggests making it multi-family or knock it down and build new (mind your business!). Anyway, it has 2bds., 1ba., and was built in 1978 in Summit, Wisconsin. $624,900

Look at the cool spiderweb door. 

It was made by hand with broken glass.

This looks like a closet, maybe, or the bath.

And, check out this amazing fireplace. If some damned fool knocks this down I’ll hurt him. 

Come on, where do you find art like this? At least save this and build a new house around it.

The original owner/builder put the round door on with chains and it opens by rolling to the left.

Look at this part of the house.

The room inside comes right to a point and was built for the owner’s daughters.

They didn’t take the best photos. Like I don’t know if this a bd. or what, but I like the brick wall above the wood.

And, look at that rock wall and the rough beamed ceiling. 

This house is special. 

The fabulous silo room on the roof needs some shingles and looks like it has to be cleaned out and reno’d. 

If you were in the silo and looked up, this is what the ceiling looks like.

These walls are buried in the ground and covered in shakes that were salvaged and split by hand.

The wall on the left is made with log rounds. There’s a nice hand built shelf, too.

The home design was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This must be the main bd.

Numerous outbuildings include an original hand-built log cabin, rustic storage barn, whimsical loft and more.

The home is on 7 acres of land and surrounded by the 60 acre Waukesha land conservancy. This house is a work of art, I hope whoever buys it, restores it. The description also said that the wildlife is untouched and it’s a hunter’s dream (shut up).

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/wi/summit/310-s-sawyer-rd/pid_50378820/

[sixtyfivehundredmiles]

Spotlight: Washington Island

Washington Island rests off the tip of Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula in Lake Michigan. With an area of 35 square miles, it is the largest of the thirty islands in Door County, Wisconsin. While Washington Island is the largest in the county, it is actually part of a small island neighborhood just off of Wisconsin’s “thumb.” This island is made up of Plum Island, Detroit Island, Hog Island, Pilot Island, and Rock Island. Rock Island, just west of Washington Island, is Wisconsin’s only State Park located on an island. All of these islands dot the strait that connects Green Bay (often called “the Bay of Green Bay” by the residents of the city that bears the same name) to the rest of Lake Michigan. Although it’s only six miles wide, this strait was named “Porte des Morts” by French explorers. Now known by the English version of its name, Death’s Door is home to very turbulent currents. These currents, coupled with the strong winds of the Great Lakes, make for a dangerous passage. 

Image from Google Maps, 2020. Pilot and Hog Island labels added by myself.

For a long time, Washington Island was an island of many names. The earliest known name for Washington Island is Wassekiganeso, an Ojibwa term meaning “his breast shining.” The Ojibwa name refers to the sun reflecting off of the limestone cliffs that are found on the island. While the history of Washington Island goes back thousands of years, the written history of the island was started by the French who explored the Great Lakes. 

The French often referred to the islands found in Death’s Door as a group, opting not to name each individual island. The name of the island neighborhood changed depending on which group of Native Americans were found inhabiting the island. From 1650 to 1816 the most common name used was “Potawatomi Islands,” referring to the Potawatomi who usually inhabited the area at the time. The Potawatomi first came to the island group (as in, the first time the Potawatomi were recorded as the islands’ inhabitants by the French) around 1641. 

Two other common names for the island group were the “Huron Islands” and “Noquet Islands.” Jesuit records used Huron Islands name in the early 1670’s and the islands were sometimes referred to as “Noquet Islands” after a small group of Ojibwa that lived just north of the island chain in Big Bay de Noq. 

In the late 1600’s Robert La Salle makes his debut in the history of Washington Island. La Salle, a French explorer, was the owner of a flourishing fur-trade business. The fur trade was a lucrative business at this time as the demand for fur pelts in Europe grew. As part of his fur business, La Salle built a boat called the Griffin to bring fur pelts back to Europe. La Salle and the Griffin would not make much of a profit, however, as after the boat set off in 1679 neither were ever seen again. 

In 1816 news broke that a new military fort was to be built at Green Bay, just a little further down the Door Peninsula from Death’s Door’s islands. As four ships made their way to the new Fort Howard, the Schooner Washington (the largest and flagship of the small fleet) was separated from the other three ships. The crew of the Washington anchored in what is now Washington Harbor on Washington Island to wait for the other ships. As they waited, the crew explored the island and decided to name the harbor they anchored in after President Washington, who had only recently died at this time. The crew also gave names to other islands in the area, opting to name them after other members of the fleet’s party. These names did not catch on right away, as the island group was referred to as the Potawatomi Island for many years. 

A couple of decades later, the Town of Washington was founded on June 20, 1850 on Rock Island. The town included Washington and Detroit Islands, as well as Rock Island. A log schoolhouse was also established on the beach on the south side of Washington Harbor. Eventually, this beach would become known as Schoolhouse Beach. 1865 saw the first church built in the area. Bethel Seaman’s Chapel, as it was named, is still standing today. 

Early Bethel Seaman’s Chapel, courtesy of Bethel Ev. Free Church

Just five years after the construction of Bethel Seaman’s Chapel, Washington Island gained some notable new residents. These residents, specifically four men from Iceland, moved to the small island in 1870. These men would eventually lead Washington Island to become the second oldest Icelandic settlement in the United States. After this first wave of Icelanders, more immigrants came to the area. The newcomers were primarily from Scandinavia and were primarily fishermen. Other than fish, the Washington Island community exported lumber, stone, potatoes, and maple syrup. As the islands’ population grew, the area would go on to become a popular retreat. So popular in fact, that many original “retreaters” now have descendants who still call Washington Island home. 

Today, Washington Island is still a popular retreat and tourist destination. It is the only island community in Door County with a year-round resident population and economy, contributed to by its large number of residents of Icelandic descent. The island is still one of the oldest Icelandic communities in the United States and is among the largest communities outside of Iceland itself. Visitors to the island enjoy its scenic beauty, its arts community, and its lavender farm, which is the largest in the Midwest. 

An interesting piece of Washington Island history often told to the visitors of the island is the island’s experience of Prohibition. During this time, the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol were outlawed in the United States. As one can imagine, this law did not go over well and did not last too long. However, during Prohibition’s thirteen year run, Washington Island found a loophole. Nelsen’s Hall, a tavern still operational today, would sell shots of Angostura Bitters to patrons for “medicinal purposes,” claiming it could cure stomach aches, headaches, and more. Even after Prohibition was repealed, the bitters found a permanent home on Washington Island. The “bitter” tradition has led Washington Island to consume more bitters than anywhere else.

Serving shots of bitters at Nelsen’s Hall, courtesy of Door County Visitors Bureau

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Information gathered and post written by myself (sources available upon request). Did I miss something? Do you want to know more? Let me know!

[marybirch87]

Warm up in a greenhouse.

When we lived in Wisconsin I was spoiled with a fabulous garden center that was open year round very close by. On a dreary winter day when I longing for spring I could go roam up and down the aisles and drool over their plants, watch the fish in the koi pond. It was so wonderfully warm and humid in there, like therapy it washed away the winter blues just enough to get me through another week. Where we live in Minnesota I have to drive much further for this experience. My choice place, though 30-40 minutes or so from me, is Green Valley Garden Center in Anoka. I had not been since November, so when my 35th birthday came at the end of March, and it was still wintery outside, I dragged my whole family up there for some much needed spring-piration. I can be sure I leave GVGC with ideas galore. I always take pictures! Of course, I had to share so I could bring y’all along with me... How great is the repetition here? I love the birdhouses as planters, too. Stepping back for a wider shot you can see how they creative they are! Look at all the wonderfully different containers at work here- metal buckets, concrete, and terra cotta- with cottagey white metal plant stands. Harmoniously. PS. Those wreaths are bird seed! This cactus display makes me want to buy multiples of the same kind and stagger them just like this-in what looks like a rain gutter propped up by bird bark, and an old window: Just beside this rain gutter was an even larger repetitive display of cacti I loved; I also can’t get enough of the concrete looking planter they cacti are in: Just a few feet away I was smitten with this door and the perfectly placed branch in front it. How great is the funnel planter begging for a crazy cactus like dog tail or rats tail? I also see a pallet used here, and the amazing old chair: Step back and you see an amazing container filled with succulents and a great old chair turned container holder. Gimme more! A closer look at the chair: This funnel was planted with a dripping pea vine and more. Love it! Specifically I love the mix of metals here- bronzey, chrome-silvery, galvanized all working together with pallet wood, birch bark, moss. If I’m going to go home and try and emulate something, I always make sure to look at the details. I loved, loved, loved this little gem: see how they used the big birch log to make the table’s feet- very informally filling the gap with a chunk of moss? Genious. I can do that. I think the wall even looks like the inside of my garage door... Here’s another pallet idea I liked. They affixed a moss basket right to it. I like this “hanging” free in the middle of the air like this- would look cool hanging from a tree, or in between the posts of a gazebo for privacy. And while we’re on the topic of vertical gardening, this succulent wall hanging is too perfect. The little piece of fungi at the bottom is THE BEST. It was warm enough inside the green house to not mind getting splashed by this fountain. I love how the hanging baskets encircle it at just the right height. In a perfect world, I would have this fountain in my front yard, and hang little containers (don’t these resemble broken walnuts?!?) from the tree above it. Sometimes its the details I take pictures of. This huge wreath makes such a great statement- I have a wreath similar to this, and have never figured out to incorporate it into my garden. I bought years ago when our old house was large enough to hang it as a Christmas wreath swathed in white lights at the roof line. Now I’m thinking it belongs dangling above a container garden somewhere. My thoughts also wandered back to a huge piece of farm equipment-the same shape- I passed on last year at a yard sale- it would make an profound statement like this, placed just right in the garden to frame something... I kept telling myself I’d have to “do” something with it, when in reality just positioning it right as a frame would have been great. My garden color of choice has always been blue, so I was a total sucker for these hanging pots, the blue screen above (with the whimsical cat perfectly placed!!), cool blue cabinet, and those crocks on the floor--- they have blue birds on them! Moving on... I love so much about this russet hued area of the garden. I love how the earth tones make the green pop. The owls are awesome. The rooster in the container surrounded by the fresh green makes me want to pull all my philodendrons outside into the shade and place them around my garden statuary. I also like the lanterns hanging, and the wire orb candle holders. I sure did squeak out loud when I saw this old tub mounted on the wall of old wood. Don’t have a barn door or wall to create this look? Make a faux barn wall! Yes! And while you’re at it, mount that rusty crusty old galvanized tub on it. Oh, and those beautiful blue hanging pots come in this mushroom color, too. I brought home one of those birds nests ferns. This may have been my favorite thing there that day. This old huge bath tub? Who would have thought to put to two dog statues in it, and surround them with succulents? I love it! I had to take this picture to remind myself to put my rabbits foot ferns in similar hanging baskets. While at Menards this spring I saw some moss covered hanging baskets I loved, and this is the perfect plant for them. I always love the premade succulent arrangements they have, too. This is just one of the tables full of succulents... Here is my bounty for the day- I already had the containers, so the plants are what I brought home: Hope you enjoyed coming to garden center with me. Now I’ll be watching the snow fall here... drinking coffee with my sketch book planning for warmer days. Happy gardening!

[mageofcolors]

reasons i hate my job:

1. a job in sales is super manipulative of the customers just so you can get some money. ive seen people straight up encourage abusive behavior in order to make a sale

2. typical shift is 11 hours long

3. we have 4 people working in our store but only two tablets. so even if we have 3 people working at a time, not all 3 of us can hepp customers at once

4. schedules are made super last minute, and sometimes i have tp remind the manager to give us the schedule

5. at least one of my 2 days off in a week my manager will ask me to come in anyway

6. manager is irresponsible tbh. i asked her one favor once and she didnt do it and bc of that im not getting the money for my sale

7. manager once went to wisconsin dells and swam in a pool DURING THE PANDEMIC and then didnt take the time to quarantine after. the district manager knew this and didnt do anything to stop it. when i encouraged all my coworkers to get tested after she came back and the store ended up getting closed for 2 weeks, the district manager called it us "wanting to take a 2 week vacation" instead of a safety precaution we had to take because HE AND THE MANAGER didnt take the proper precautions first.

8. our company is two companies that just merged and there are so many errors in the systems ALL THE TIME

9. i just got a 3/10 review from a customer bc i was coughing the whole time, even though i explained to the customer that it's not covid and it's not contageous. this was also my very first review so that's great /s

10. half of the customer service and sales support people we need to call practically every day dont know what theyre doing

11. since the merger they took away our stools and now we have to stand for 10 hours in a day

12. our air conditioning is broken right now and i am overheating

13. they sometimes supply us with water, but usually not. so i have to bring enough water from home to last me 11 hours

14. none of my coworkers voted and im pretty sure theyd vote for trump anyway

15. one coworker is just. super annoying in everything he does. i cannot stand close to him without being uncomfortable

16. oh yeah we cant even stand 6 feet apart when we do our jobs

17. i got written up once because i was in charge during a couple days but the mistakes weren't even made by me

18. my first manager literally believed in stupid questions and it got to the point that i was scared to ask him anything

19. it took 4 months for me to become commissionable for some reason (that being them refusing to teach me), while everyone else becomes commissionable after a week

20. when stores in this company were closed bc someone was tested positive for covid (which happened multiple times), then closed it for one day and had it deep cleaned, then the next day they forced people from other stores to work overtime at that store, instead of just letting the store be closed temporarily

21. when the stores were closed during the quarantine at first, people had to use their paid time off in order to get paid at all

22. my coworkers would put insurance on people's devices without even asking them, which charges them an extra $15 a month

23. everyone here is cishet and i'm just. really uncomfortable talking about anything i like or do bc cant relate

24. one of my coworker doesnt do shit outside of selling. he literally tells me im better at it and leaves it at that. he doesnt even TRY

25. almost every single customer asks me about my cough and i am EXHAUSTED

26. my manager dumps a lot of her work on me and instead of taking the time to work on it herself, half the time she's just talking to people on the phone and getting distracted

27. one time my manager went on her lunch break (we get one hour) and then came back to the store 1 1/2 hours later, and then went to the back room to eat. i'm like??? did you not have time to eat in that 1 1/2 hours???? you know what she said? "oh i was shopping"

28. ive told every one of my coworkers my pronouns. none of them use them. they dont even notice when i try to correct them

29. my manager also randomly deadnames me. like you didnt call the other guy his legal name??? you called him by his preferred name completely fine when he's not even trans??? but this enby you gotta "forget" to call by their chosen name, even though that's all anybody else calls me??? actually, my district manager calls me by my legal name sometimes too thats probs where she got it, but he knows my preferred name too so fuck them

30. when i finally got my log in information to sell things, they misspelled my last name. i had to get it corrected. this prevented me from being able to sell things for a longer time. when the companies officially merged and i got new logins??? they fucking did it again

31. when they gave me my name tag it had my deadname on it so i asked them if i could get one with my preferred name on it. district manager said he'll order one. it's been over a month.

32. two of my coworkers smoke and then i have to stand next to them when they come back in and smell the fucking smoke. im sorry im trying to breatheover here

33. we have to say this long-ass intro when answering the phone and it's so awkward and annoying

thats all i got for now

[oldandstriped]

Resources List for the Land

This is a record of several resources I’ve recently found useful for planning, maintenance and staying on the land shared with my sisters. In no particular order.

Tree/Logs/Forest Resources

For Cutting, Processing and Milling (?) trees on the land. An article on the Arborists of Martha’s Vineyard

Women owning Woodlands

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation Videos - especially the one on horse logging

How to cut trees and logs with a bow saw

Small/Tiny Houses & Sheds Sources

In Ontario they call them “Bunkies” more here and here and here and here’s a company that offers bunkie-kits

Jamaica Cottage Shop - ships post and beam kits, which is what I’d have to do because they don’t ship pre-made buildings to the island. I got in touch, explained my situation and they recommended these models: Gable * Salt Box * New Yorker A * New Yorker B * Nantucket A they are all really nice and have options to customize including insulation for 3 seasons (which I would want)  Here’s a video of a New Yorker with a sleeping loft and a deck set up on a slope

Pine Harbor sheds - doesn’t install garages on Martha’s Vineyard but does install sheds.

South Mountain Company designs and builds small sustainable homes on Martha’s Vineyard - I love this garage with a studio above & this little shed they built from salvaged materials. An inquiry to them found them fully booked into 2021 and possibly my budget may be too small for them.

Martha’s Vineyard Post and Beam  again - my budget is probably too small for them to want to do this project

Tom Thumb Sheds - lists a tiny guest house build for $35k

Island Coalition for Tiny Houses

Article mentioning recent conflicts over smaller houses on Island.

Small Houses, Enthusiasts & Makers on Various Platforms

I try to learn from those that are not straight cis white men, I’ve added a * to those that are women/BIPOC/LGBTQ

New England Glamping - lots of area small/tiny houses

Dirt and Glass

Capable Carpenter

Reagan in the Woods*

Cabin Chronicles

Cheap Nordic Houses*

The Winston Homestead*

Anne of All Trades*

RavenHouse design - sells full plans for several small houses

Some pictures of Houses I can visualize on the land

Solviva farm, is on the market in Tisbury, and has several small/tiny houses on the land as well as sustainable systems for all.

Small cabin with downstairs bedroom and lofts

Racoon Retreat*

DIY cabin built on a slope with decks in UK

Honey Crisp Cottage (is 280sq ft)

A 12 X 12 X 12 plywood house with sliding doors

Lots of cabin/shed/tiny house builds on YouTube,

I’m a bit obsessed but I also note the [mostly bearded] white cis masculinity on display here. Certainly none of them are reflexive of the privilege that allowed for them to choose off-grid lifestyles “self-reliance” and “homesteading”

Woodness Goodness cabin build on a slope

Modern Self Reliance -builds a lot of structures in Canada

My Self Reliance log structures mostly using handtools

Salvage sources

Jarmak Reclaimed Wood - southern MA (Oxford)

Cataumet Sawmill - Falmouth, MA

Habitat for Humanity MV sale

Reconstruction Works, Brattleboro VT

Interesting Ideas, Not Necessarily Practical/Possible

A 1904 Train Caboose for sale in Wisconsin

A cottage in Wellfleet built on a slope

B & B Tiny House company in western MA

Craft and Sprout Tiny House company in North CT

Tiny House Listings in the area here’s one for sale in E. Falmouth

New England winter “Bob Houses” also called ‘Ice Shanties”

cute 1919 Sears & Roebuck Aladdin kit house on the other side of the Lagoon

Tiny Turf House in Iceland

[mediaeval-muse]

Something you can do right now to help save the Tongass Forest

Trump supported planting trees to combat climate change in the first presidential debate but also wants to open the Tongass open to logging. Tongass' trees absorb roughly 8% of the carbon dioxide pollution coming from the US. Hypocritical much?  https://www.theguardian.com/.../tongass-national-forest...

96% of comments regarding ending the Roadless Rule were opposed to the change (in other words, 96% of comments were in favor of protecting the Tongass). Both advocates and critics of ending the Roadless Rule admit that old-growth timber logging won't have a sizeable impact on the economy, and Alaskan taxpayers have actually *lost* money on Tongass timber sales. https://www.ktoo.org/.../forest-service-forging-ahead.../

And here's the thing: logging can be sustainable. Just look at the Menominee tribes in northern Wisconsin: https://www.msn.com/.../our-spiritual-home.../ar-BB1a4g86

A 30 day countdown started in September, so the main thing that can save the Tongass and keep the Roadless Rule in place is the election of Biden, who can overturn Trump's decision. https://www.krbd.org/.../trump-administration-starts-30.../

Here's what you can do: contact your senators, write to the US Forest Service, and vote Blue.

Here's a template from the Sierra Club: https://addup.sierraclub.org/.../keep-alaskas-tongass...

Here's one from Earthjustice: https://earthjustice.org/action/save-the-tongass...

Here's a template for protecting public lands from the Nature Conservancy: https://support.nature.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display...

Here's another one: https://support.nature.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display...

I wrote to my Wisconsin state senators and received a positive response from Tammy Baldwin. She even shared a letter with me that she sent to Sonny Perdue, who oversees the U.S. Forest Service.

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