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Essential articles, how to guides, and stories from builds across the country

Dive into step by step how to articles, code and permitting tips, materials sourcing, design strategies, and workshop updates. Whether you are dreaming, planning, or building, you will find practical answers and inspiration from the field.

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Timbo Scursso 10/31/25 Timbo Scursso 10/31/25

Community Spotlight: A Family’s Straw Bale Home Built from the Land

Discover how Jackie and Jim built a warm, quiet straw bale home from their own farm materials, a true labor of love and craftsmanship.

Timbo Scursso 10/17/25 Timbo Scursso 10/17/25

Building in Uncertain Times: Why Community Construction Still Works

As the world grows more uncertain, the choice to build your own home becomes an act of stability and connection. Drawing from years of straw bale workshops, I share why small, simple, and community-built homes remain the smartest path forward.

Timbo Scursso 8/22/25 Timbo Scursso 8/22/25

What Still Makes Our Straw Bale Workshops Special

Our week long, hands on straw bale workshops still change lives. See how people, shared work, and simple joy make learning stick. Find a week that fits you.

Dainella Nartker 8/1/25 Dainella Nartker 8/1/25

The Next Chapter in Our Story

Today, we’re excited to share a new chapter in the story of StrawBale.com—one that feels both like a natural next step and the culmination of years of passion, dedication, and straw in surprising places.

Dainella Nartker 5/7/24 Dainella Nartker 5/7/24

8 Gifts That Cost Nothing

Lean into creating more community and connection with these cost free gifts that can make an average day more meaningful.

Andrew Morrison 5/14/12 Andrew Morrison 5/14/12

Sabine's Straw Bale Diary

Hi, my name is Sabine. I want to tell you about the straw bale house we want to build.

Andrew Morrison 4/4/12 Andrew Morrison 4/4/12

Help Preserve the Oldest Straw Bale Structure in Europe

Ever wondered what the oldest straw bale structure in Europe is, you can stop wondering. It's this home, built in 1921 in Montargis, France.

Andrew Morrison 1/18/12 Andrew Morrison 1/18/12

Living Simply: Discovering What Really Matters

This is a rather personal blog entry and I hope that you can “hear” it without your filters on. You may agree or disagree with me and that’s fine. What I do hope is that you will ask yourselves some questions and that you will look deeply in what is true FOR YOU.

Andrew Morrison 3/11/10 Andrew Morrison 3/11/10

Pakistan and Appropriate Straw Bale Building

This is an amazing organization that I want to share with you all in hopes that you can help support what they do.