Citation

Everett, G., Straw Homes. Mother Earth News 140: 54-57, 75-76, 1993.

Abstract

Straw Homes--If you want to build a new house out of wood, you're in for sticker chock when you reach the lumberyard. Lumber has doubled in price in the last year alone, and prices may continue to rise as old-growth forests dwindle and/or more areas are declared off-limits to loggers in order to protect endangered species. A 2x4 that cost approximately $1.50 last summer now runs as high as $3. Faced with an increase like that, a builder must choose between waiting out the building season or constructing a much smaller house for the same price. A growing number, however, are driving past the lumberyard to pick up their housing materials at the local feed store-stuffing their walls with straw bales and avoiding wood when they build their new homes. In the process, they are saving a wad of cash.

Country, State, District, etc.

United States

Language

English

Material

wheat straw

Use category

construction materials