Happy Irish Day Y'all!!!

Solar Burrito!

Thanks to Lloyd Kahn for turning me onto this little blog:

www.solarburrito.wordpress.com

We can never have too many inspiring sustainable living blogs.

This is exactly the way that I envision my own dream Octagon strawbale house to look. Lloyd Kahn posted this on his amazing blog. I am still trying to find a landowner from whom I can rent-to-own an acre or two to do this project. I so want a house of my own such as the one pictured above. Picture it surrounded by gardens everywhere.
I have studied alternative building methods for many years and a few summers ago I did an internship in Strawbale Building. This picture came from White Oak Farm in Williams, Oregon. They provide internships in sustainable building at a cost. It looks like a pretty good program on the website. I spent time in and around sw Oregon years ago and it is a really beautiful part of Oregon. Check it out: www.whiteoakfarmcsa.org

Here is a picture from www.altbuildblog.blogspot.com . Lloyd Kahn featured another pic of a really cool design for a lean-to greenhouse in adobe. He always gets me surfing when it comes to seeing more stuff built with clay, straw, sand and water. I love blogs like this one. Spring time inspiration is hitting hard again. Every year at this time I go through this itch of a sort of wanting to build and also never working for anyone else ever again. May this be the spring I land to stay on land.

mud for everyone

I found yet another great website for

" all-things-strawbale"

as well as many other types of sustainably built homes, walls, gardens etc.

in this gem of a blog
www.dayonedesign.blogspot.com
Amazing use of bamboo and more....

Thank You! to Erica Ann

I am still actively searching for a landowner who would be willing to rent-to-own ( a.k.a. "Lease option") me an acre or two upon which I might build an Octagon Strawbale House. It would be tiny and self-sufficient.
It would be surrounded by vegetable and flower and herb gardens and I would use it for a sanctuary and art studio, a home base from which to travel out. Please contact me at

annie.siemer@gmail.com I am also on Facebook

Here's a great link and pictures that Lloyd Kahn recently posted on his blog. I go there every few days to renew/respark my dream of building a strawbale house. One of the things that I want to incorporate is cob and clay in a variety of places. This is a really inspiring website. Check it out.
http://www.verticalclay.com/gallery/
Also here's another plug for Lloyd Kahns books and blog. He is the most amazing creative spirit .
His books Shelter, Homework and Builders of the Pacific Coast have inspired countless numbers (millions perhaps nowdays with the internet helping) of folks all over the world.
check out his blog by clicking on the link to the right in my Favorite blogs list.