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...
At last
Finally we have some straw bales in our strawbale house. We've put in just enough to give us some elbow room to maneuver the glulam and...
Lifts and separates
The straw bales are cuboid. They are to be stacked between the cruck frames which are curved. To get them to express a curved shape they...
The first straw
Yesterday the first load of straw arrived. Lew, Mark B and Anne W helped us off load the bales. The bales were passed over the fence and...
