After 11 years in a straw-bale home, Erik Lindbergh has only good things to say. “It’s not like the three little pigs, with the big bad wolf who’s going to blow it away,” Lindbergh said. His house in ...

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BILLINGS – Tara and Jerry Wolf’s straw bale home dispels one key notion. Building with straw doesn’t mean you have to stay small. “You can be Earth-friendly and still have your dream home,” Tara said, ...

The Eichler family - mom Monika, dad David, 5-month-old Elyse and six-year-old Lauren - live in a straw bale home in Leavenworth County just northeast of Lawrence. On the outskirts of David and Monika ...

Near the end of a dirt road that weaves in and out of the woods outside Farmington, Ga., sits a tasteful Southern farmhouse owned by Elise Lang and Michael Pierce. Its wide hip roof and the deep eaves ...

The Van Cleves and their straw bale building crew. David Van Cleve is at right in the front row; architect Terry Phelan is fourth from left (in straw hat) in the center row; and Margie Van Cleve is ...

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WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, MI -- A huff and a puff won’t blow this straw bale house down. A workshop teaching 43 participants how to build a straw bale home took place on Boyden Drive in Webster Township, ...

BOISE, Idaho — After a year in his straw-bale house on Boise Avenue, Mark Lung says the house has saved him money, conserved resources, provided a comfortable environment through four seasons and ...

The straw bale home of Elise Lang and her husband, Michael Pierce, was finished in 2001. SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH Winding under the canopy of trees shading the long driveway, goats and sheep peered at ...

When you hear about a straw bale building, you might think of a big bad wolf huffing and puffing. But these houses are not just in fairy tales. Builders in San Diego County are turning to straw bales ...