  
Clayton and Pat Quast are the proud owners of Evergreen Acres.
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Fun Facts about Clayton and Pat:
 | Originally from Winsted, MN. |
| Clayton is an electrician by trade. |
| Pat creates handmade crafts that decorate the log houses. |
| Have 7 children, five of them followed them to Brainerd! |
| Purchased 80 acres of land as a Christmas tree ranch in 1980. |
| Moved "up north" in 1988, completed first log home in 1992. |
| Working on 5th log home, and counting!! |
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Fun Facts about the Log Homes:
| The logs are poplar, cut on Quast's land. |
| Each log is cut by Clayton, skinned with a drawknife, handscribed to the log below it
and cut to fit with a chain saw. |
| Each tree takes about 1.5 days of labor to cut, skin and set in place. |
| The logs are each wiped with linseed oil after the home is complete. |
| The first log home took ~4 years, the latest one took ~1 year to build. |
| The floor in each log home is heated. |
| There is ~12 inches of insulation under the tin roof. |
| There are no telephones in the log homes. |
| Each new log home has a hot tub. |
| Now we offer Disc Golf, bring your frisbee discs and play on our 10
acres, 9 baskets, enjoy the outside. We have limited number of disc on
hand. Also play golf in the rough. |
| New Game Room, more fun. |
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Cristin, Jackie and Clayton trying out the new pool table. Also
fooz ball, air hockey and darts.
Playing golf
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