Strawbale Photos

 
Frank Andresen at work.

 
Over the course of four days, Andresen sprayed 10,000 pounds of clay-plaster on the walls of the strawbale house being built at Little Tree Farm.

Backyard Factory: Using quarter-inch wire screens, Volunteers sift sand and clay that is then mixed with water and chopped straw to make the clay-plaster which is hauled into the house in five-gallon buckets.

Before the work began.

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