“The historic cabins, ranger stations, and other buildings of the Forest Service hold the tales of one of the nation’s most important public land agencies. In the Northern Region of the Forest Service, a group of highly skilled craftsmen have been formed into a Historic Preservation Team. The team is trained to maintain and restore the historic buildings of the region. Thousands of visitors can still make use of these buildings and enjoy their historical value.”
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Storage Shed Built Out Of Pallets
“If you look into sustainable living there are so many people now realising how we can build homes & sheds out of recycled materials, from earthbags, tyres, sand bags and even pallets.
I have quite an interest in all this and there is a great website called The Natural Building Blog. Each day I get a newsletter from them with ideas of what is happening around the world with sustainable living.
Dunne Family Strawbale Update
Jay sent us this tip. The Dunne Family house is progressing nicely. The roof is on and straw bales are up. Plus, they now have a blog. We profiled their project one year ago: Dunne’s Hardware Store …NOT!
Paper Bag Floors
“Those of you that are looking for an affordable, attractive, totally doable flooring solution have come to the right place! I wanted to do paper flooring, mostly because it was cheap and I thought it looked great. But mostly because it was cheap. My boys room is about 10 x 12 and I did the whole thing for about $80, but I have enough supplies left over that the next room will cost about $30. Most of you are probably wondering what the heck paper on a floor looks like and I don’t blame you, it’s kind of a weird idea. Here is what the finished product looks like…”
The real way to add straw bales to containers
David W. Reed shows how to wrap shipping containers in bales.
Luke’s Interview on Tiny House Chat Podcast
Owen,
“I’m being interviewed on January 20th at 8pm EST to share the basic benefits of earthbag building for Tiny House Chat’s podcast. I’m really excited about it. They mention that I’m from naturalbuildingblog.com, which I’m going to clear up that I’m just the measly ol’ social media manager. But I’m excited to share what I know about it & hopefully put a good face on for earthbag building. Just thought I’d let you know that was happening!” Here’s the link to the podcast.
The podcast will be posted to AnyMeeting.com
Luke