Archive for the ‘landscape walls’ Category
Would You Be Interested in a Straw Bale Landscape Wall Workshop?
I’m looking for feedback on whether this is a viable workshop scenario. I think it would be great, but I want to see what level of interest there is out there for such a topic.
I envision a shorter workshop, perhaps 4 days long. The project is a roughly 700 ‘ long by 4 1/2′ tall privacy wall in Sante Fe, New Mexico. We would complete some foundation work (the exact style of foundation is yet to be determined and we’re open to feedback and suggestions on that as well), install with the first the bales and any toe ups that would be required, water proof it as necessary, install wire mesh work, and plaster the entire wall with one coat.
Of course, 4 days may be wishful thinking, but with enough people, we can do it all!
We would provide all the meals, bathroom facilities, and a place to camp. You’d just have to come, learn, and have fun. I don’t have a price figured out yet, but I imagine it would be somewhere around $450-$500.
Please let me know what you think and if you’d be interested in attending. I think it would be a blast!
Help me Reach More People.
Here’s an article I recently wrote for www.examiner.com (Portland, Oregon’s hub). I hope you like it. Please visit the examiner site and check out my articles there as they come out. I have just started there and the more people click on my articles, the higher ranking I will get and the higher ranking I get, the more people will see my articles. I am trying a new avenue to get straw bale in front of the average person’s eyes. I could use your help. So, visit www.examiner.com and then choose Portland Oregon as the city. Then search for my name and read my articles. It’s that easy. Just be sure to stay on the site long enough to actually read the article. The time you spend there actually counts. Thanks and enjoy the article!
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Landscape Walls and Rubble Trench Foundations
It must be something in the air. I have received a bunch of emails about building landscape walls in the last week. This after a long drought of such questions. So, I guess it is time to talk about them again. The majority of the questions I have been getting are around the foundation system and the restrictions of building a landscape wall with bales.
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Basics of a Bale Landscape Wall
I received an email today about a bale landscape wall. The wall will be about 4′ tall and 125′ long. The questions ranged from what type of foundation is best and what kind of waterproofing is needed to where to find bale needles. I have included my response below.
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