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The $50 and Up Underground House Book by Mike Oehler - digital download

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Raised Earth Foundations

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Maintaining a "modern" home with natural building?

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Can one make cedar shingles without a froe-like device?

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Do you have an old-fashioned sawbuck? Do you have ANY sawbuck? How'd you make it? Let us see it!

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Broken Concrete Terrace documentation/discussion

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Regulations

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Earth pipes in Tropical climate

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Which will keep a house the coolest? Straw bale, cob or rammed earth?

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Straw Bale Building Details by CASBA

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Rammed earth and rubble trench...oh, that sounds like a song title!

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Using Wood Ash as Floor Insulation..?

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Natural plasters, earthen floors info

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Root Cellars

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