BROOKINGS, S.D. -- How far would you go to get a house that only costs $1.25 a day to heat in the winter? Better question: Would you live in a house built with straw bales? That idea, which began in ...

Carolyn Roberts built her own straw bale home and survived. Not only did she live through the experience, but she wrote a book all about it, called A House of Straw: A Natural Building Odyssey. Part ...

Mark Lung took a long look at the wood frame filling much of the tiny lot on the 1300 block of Boise's E. Franklin Street. He was picturing what will soon be his straw bale home, a rarity in ...