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Pierre Constans, worm farmer and landscape designer, stood back and gazed at his little straw hut. “Are you familiar with the ‘Three Little Pigs’?” he asked. In the children’s tale, the ...
House made with straw withstands huffs, puffs of energy wolf. Updated: Jan. 22, ... “Most people think we’re living in a little mud hut and growing hemp in the back yard or something. ...
Established in 2013, Huff and Puff designs and advises on straw bale houses, which it says are both more sustainable and slightly cheaper to build than the brick and cement equivalent, and offer ...
How to Build a Cob House Step by Step. Prepare the mixture. Cob is a mixture of approximately 1 part clay, 4 ­parts sand, and 1 part straw. You can buy bagged clay in powdered form (go to Laguna ...