PARADISE — Straw bale house owners Delayne Stoneman and Eric Brzescinski were thrilled to see people coming to see the progress of the building of their house Oct. 12. Several interested parties ...

John Schuts, winemaker for award-winning Derwent Estate Wines at Granton, said a 600sq m winery, with 45cm-thick walls up to six metres in height, has been built using 1100 standard size bales made at ...

The owner of a wedding venue is concerned that a 10m (32ft) stack of straw bales that has appeared in a field at the bottom of his garden is a potential fire risk. Cliff Nye, 78, lives on the same ...

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 ...

David and Carrie Chew live in a house made of straw. It has two bathrooms, a modern kitchen and a packed earthen floor. The exterior walls are made with stacked wheat straw bales covered in plaster.

Interior designer Marcia Wolff wanted a house that's energy-efficient, ecologically sensitive, fire-resistant and, above all, beautiful. So she chose a building material that might surprise some ...

Gardening in straw bales is a flexible, waterwise way to plant a garden. Photo courtesy of strawbalegardens.com Is there any gardener who hasn’t fallen for a marketing claim that sounds too good to be ...