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• Straw Bale and Steel Framing

  
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  If you have ever wondered why you don’t see a lot of steel framed straw bale homes, the answer can be summed up in one word: condensation. That does not mean that a bale house cannot be built with steel framing; however, it does mean that special care must be taken to protect the bales from condensation. I have ...
  2 weeks ago

• Straw Bale Garden Part IV: Almost Ready to Plant?

  
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  Over the past fifteen days I’ve been “conditioning” my straw bale garden by adding blood meal and a lot of water. During the conditioning process we had both a freak rainstorm (helpful) and a freak heatwave (not so good). The bales did not heat up as much as I expected–as of this morning they are around 80° ...
  2 weeks ago

• Straw Bale Gardening

  
  I.N.C.H. Survival - A Social Network, Blog and Information Resource for Preppers and Survivalists — Authority: 131
  What is straw bale gardening? I have been asked that by a lot of my friends!  For anyone who has tried it, it is the perfect solution for poor soil areas or anyone who hates bending and weeding a garden. Living in an area where the abundance of pine trees drove me to finding an alternative to fighting with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Compost and Pharmaceuticals

  
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  We get this question a lot–will pharmaceuticals end up in my compost if I use human urine or animal manure? This is really three questions: Does composting break down pharmaceuticals? Are some pharmaceuticals worse than others in terms of their ability to survive the composting process? If pharmaceuticals ...
  3 weeks ago

• Straw Bale Garden Part III: Adding Fertilizer

  
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  After watering our straw bales for three days our next step is to apply a high nitrogen fertilizer. We’re following West Virginia University Extension Service’s Straw Bale Gardening advice . They suggest a 1/2 cup of urea per bale or “bone meal, fish meal, or compost for a more organic approach.” (I think ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Straw Bale Urinal

  
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  L’Uritonnoir, a plug-in straw-bale urinal. Photograph: Faltazi At the risk of becoming a blog entirely about urine and straw bales, Anne Hars alerted me to an article in the Guardian, “ L’Uritonnoir: the straw bale urinal that makes compost from ‘liquid gold’ ” about French design studio Faltazi’s ...
  3 weeks ago

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