[Greenbuilding] building a wall (not a building) out of strawbales

[Sam Ewbank]

The mantra of the strawbale builder I know is "hat and boots".
Get the bales up off the ground and and big enough roof overhangs to
protect the wall.
A lime plaster finish or add some horse pucky for strength.

Sam
On Oct 9, 2014 12:42 AM, "Reuben Deumling" <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not a member of any strawbale forum so I'll pose my question here
> since we used to talk about strawbale construction quite a bit here on the
> greenbuilding list and some of you surely know enough to set me straight.
>
>  I'm considering surrounding a large garden with a wall to keep the deer
> out. Since strawbales are plentiful and cheap around these parts I thought
> of them first. To keep the wall from disintegrating (assuming the plan to
> use straw bales for the purpose has merit) I'm expecting to seal up the
> wall with plaster or some equivalent layer. Is this difficult? Foolish?
> Necessary? Will I need a roof over the top of the wall or can I plaster the
> top as well as the sides?
>
> Thanks for any and all suggestions.
>
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