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Delicious, Aged Lime Putty Still Available 10 Aug 2013 | 10:18 pm
Not long ago, I received an email from Curtis in Kansas who had literally 10,000 gallons of lime putty he was selling. The putty was all slaked with water and mixed in a 300 gallon stainless steel mix...
How Much Does It Cost? 10 Aug 2013 | 09:22 am
This is without a doubt the most common question I am asked about straw bale construction. The problem is that answering this question is not easy. In fact, it’s not even really possible without a lot...
Replacing Straw in an Existing Straw Bale House 29 Jul 2013 | 08:19 pm
A consulting client recently asked me what the best practice is for removing rotten straw from an existing straw bale house. I realize that this is a topic that concerns a lot of people when they firs...
Getting Bank Loans on Straw Bale Houses 22 Jul 2013 | 08:01 am
We heard from one of our readers, Mary, this week who had been struggling to get a bank loan for her straw bale construction build. She wrote to share the great news that she had received the bank loa...
Properly Wet Your Plaster 19 Jul 2013 | 06:13 pm
I work almost exclusively with lime plaster. My favorite is Natural Hydraulic Lime from St. Astier (www.limes.us). I teach people all the time about proper plastering techniques and one detail that of...
Unique Straw Bale Home For Sale in Mt. Shasta, CA 19 Jul 2013 | 03:18 pm
This unique home was built in 2008 using passive solar and straw-bale construction techniques (the entire south wall of the house is glass, and the home’s post and beam constructed walls are insulated...
Lessons In Simple Living From A Pilot In Afghanistan 16 Jul 2013 | 10:09 am
We would like to introduce you to one of our readers, Tim, and to share with you a letter he recently sent us. Tim is a pilot flying in Afghanistan and living on a base in a converted 20′ shipping con...
What square footage is best? 8 Jul 2013 | 09:49 am
We received a great email from a reader this week speaking to the topic of square footage size, human scale and the tiny house movement so we thought this would be a great topic to bring into a larger...
Straw Bale House For Sale in Kansas 5 Jul 2013 | 05:34 am
This is the ultimate survivor/prepper/homesteader paradise. Private and secluded, not seen from the dead end gravel road, is a 26 ft. round, 2 story, 3 bedroom 1 bath strawbale house, with live roof; ...
The Sheer Joy of Showering Outdoors 1 Jul 2013 | 08:16 am
This week we reached a monumental step at our 5 acre homestead…we set up our bathroom suite. Being that we are living out of our pop up tent trailer and a 114sqft tiny cabin, we were in sore need of a...
