Building the round strawbale house

Yesterday the first truck load of our timber arrived from Bowerbird Timber .  Our house is of a post and beam construction, so instead of th...

We were incredibly fortunate to have a small group of helpers (both family and friends) to assist us with our first concrete pour last weeke...

Preparing the site was the first step.  We hired an excavator/bobcat operator (we hired him before to do our driveway a few years ago), and ...

Five years ago we designed our house, as part of our planning permit application.  We had been interested in alternative energy, sustainable...