[LMB] AKICIF: herbology OT:

[PAT MATHEWS]

Or come to the Southwest where they are being built - and a lot more garden 
walls are built of straw bale, since Albuquerque's building codes may 
preclude straw bale houses. I don't know.

They're usually coated with stucco for protectin and for looks.



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>From: quietann <quietann at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>To: "Discussion of the works of Lois McMaster 
>Bujold."<lois-bujold at lists.herald.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [LMB] AKICIF: herbology OT:
>Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 21:38:50 -0400
>
>My husband and I had the pleasure of visiting the Center for Alternative
>Technology in Machynnleth, Powys, Wales while on vacation a couple of years
>ago.  Their theater building is made of straw bales and is just like any
>building, except with thicker walls.
>
>It's definitely worth visiting if you are ever in the area.
>
>Ann
>
>On 7/9/06, PAT MATHEWS <mathews55 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> >From: "Tzivia Adler" <tadler at yeshivanet.com>
>> >
>>
>>They left the farm to seek their fortune. Most farms would only support
>>one
>>owner and the hired hands.
>>
>>Straw bale houses are nice and warm, as nice as adobe (aka 'mud huts' for
>>anyone who reads national geographic or middle eastern travelogues.) You
>>can
>>google for their construction.
>>
>>
>
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