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When their main structure was blown down in the windstorm the Taylor-Faye’s converted their straw bale garage into a small straw bale home which is where they live now while they re-build their retreat. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/craik-eco-village
Since she was tiny, DB has always spelt ‘Mouse’ as ‘Maws’... and is not interested in upgrading the spelling to align with the rest of the world.
i can't even tell you how much i looooved her bathroom. the clawfoot bathtub and sink were both salvaged from old local buildings. the bathtub has been refinished. she's also got a shower stall, but if i lived there, i think i'd LIVE in that bathtub.
just a simple and beautiful room.
you can read an article on marilyn pedretti's strawbale home from her local paper here.
seen on the 2007 MREA wisconsin solar tour.
Low cost and salvage solutions for protected winter crop production are discussed, including the use of south facing slopes in winter and hay bales for north side protection. Micro-climates created by ponds and rocks and stones are discussed later.
500 watt solar - Bogart Trimetric battery monitor, Outback Mate 2 monitor in cabinet. On roof - 240 watt Trina Solar rigid panel and 2 - 130 watt flexible panels from High Flex solar. Outback power charge controller and 2000 watt pure sine wave inverter stored under the couch.
The speculative design and then the actual sub-structure for the shower, the almacen, Riocaliente, Asturias
A short blog post about the process
We went once more "Up the Pyrenees mountains and down again" in 3 dauntless Land Rovers..
A video from last year's relaxed Land Rover drive through the Pyrenees: www.youtu.be/ja9FGhrygv0
Looking inside the metal box you can see the deep cycle battery, charge controller, power supply, and the computer with the custom circuit to turn on/off the computer when the sun is out. On the right is the La Crosse weather station.
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