Wurzel Woodlands
Straw bale building is dusty work! #strawbalehouse #strawbalewoodlands #strawbales
What goes up must come down
These video clips show the raising of the last few bales needed on the first floor before we dismantle the dumb waiter. The dumb waiter...
Loose straw mountain
We have a surplus of loose straw. We need a certain amount of it to stuff into gaps between the bales and rib beams. But we have much,...
Chain male
The universe smiled on us yesterday for the delivery of the rest of the straw bales. Earlier in the week the weather forecast had...
Moving on up
We utilised the dumbwaiter to lift the bales that were stacked on the ground floor up to the first floor. And we've now started to infill...
Our dumbwaiter
Straw bales have been inserted up to first floor level. Now we need the bales taken up to the first floor. Carrying them individually or...
Freaky Friday
I've absolutely no idea how I got the swirling effect on this photograph I took of Lew trimming a bale with the alligator saw - but I...
Needle in a haystack
There is lots of information out there regarding using a baling needle and twine to customize bales so I was surprised to find that it...
Blue air
The air has turned blue... and not just because of the drop in the temperature. Mark and Lew have been inserting straw bales between and...
Persuasion
The straw bales that had been inserted into the cruck frames took quite a pummelling when the beams were going in. As a result they had...
