Author: Joel KarstenPublisher:
ISBN: 1591869072
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Provides information about how to use straw bales as planting containers for vegetable gardening.
Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales
Author: Craig LeHoullierPublisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612126154
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Straw bale gardening is an inexpensive, low-maintenance way to grow a bounty of food in a small space. All you need is a bale of straw, some fertilizer, and your favorite vegetable seeds! Craig LeHoullier’s step-by-step instructions show you how to do everything from sourcing the straw and setting up your bale to planting, dealing with weeds and pests, and harvesting.
Author: Athena Swentzell SteenSerious Straw Bale
Author: Paul LacinskiPublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 9781890132644
Category : Straw bale houses
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Bergeron and Lacinski's new book Serious Straw Bale is the first to look carefully at the specific design considerations critical to success with a straw bale building in more extreme climates-where seasonal changes in temperature, precipitation, and humidity create special stresses that builders must understand and address. The authors draw upon years of experience with natural materials and experimental techniques, and present a compelling rationale for building with straw-one of nature's most resilient, available, and affordable byproducts.
Building a Straw Bale House
Author: Nathaniel CorumPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568985145
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
"Filled with comprehensive case studies selected from over thirty-five of Red Feather's successfully completed housing and community-based building projects, Building a Straw Bale House documents the organization's collaboration with reservation communities and provides a step-by-step, bale-by-bale construction handbook - from initial site selection to finished product. Complete with information on safety, design, tools, and materials, it is an inspiring lesson for anybody interested in this technique of constructing a house and a hopeful redefinition of the fundamental ideas of architecture and the home."--BOOK JACKET.
Strawbale Home Plans
Author: Wayne J. BinghamPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586858612
Category : Straw bale houses
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Strawbale Home Plans is a meditative and conscientious exploration of the innumerable reasons to consider straw bale as a viable building material. Environmentally friendly, super insulative, economical, and natural, straw bale can be used to build everything from garden walls and shed roofs to small homes. The vibrant pages of this practical guide are filled with rich photos of organic, fluid, undulating structures pulsating with subtle creativity. Indeed at once a pragmatic construction manual and a philosophical, artistic guidebook, this handbook provides food for the mind and soul.
Small Strawbale
Author: Bill SteenPublisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9781586855154
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A thorough guide to building with strawbale and other natural materials, thisuide includes an eclectic sampling of houses, studios, meditation spaces,utbuildings, and landscape walls.
Practical Straw Bale Building
Author: Murray HollisPublisher: Landlinks Press
ISBN: 0643099476
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Building with straw bales is being embraced by amateurs and professionals for its versatility, comfort, environmental friendliness and high insulation. New methods should expand its growing worldwide popularity. In Practical Straw Bale Building, Murray Hollis uses simple, easy to understand language to describe the established techniques of straw bale construction and ways in which they can be improved. He also presents a new straw bale construction system that has substantial benefits over current methods. This system incorporates a new tensioning system that replaces the use of fence strainers for tensioning the hold-down/compression wires and eliminates uneven tensioning on opposite sides of the wall. It also allows for fabricating wall modules on-site as horizontal modules that are then swung into the vertical wall position after fabrication. Aspects of structures other than walls are addressed only to the extent that they are relevant to the use of straw bales, e.g. issues such as types of floors, roof structures and methods of heating or cooling. The innovative methods in this book will help to progress straw bale building technology and move it into the mainstream of the building industry.
A Way to Garden
Author: Margaret RoachPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604698772
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Straw Bale Building
Author: Chris MagwoodPublisher: Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers
ISBN: 9780865714038
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Two professional builders go through the process of building a bale structure, tackling all the practical issues--from how to find and choose bales to special concerns for northern climates. Architectural drawings & photos.
