Just wondering "pine straw bale house"?

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THere are pines every where here in south georgia I was wondering if baled pine straw could be used as a building material? I ran across a straw bale house book at our locale library i couldn't help but wonder.

My Signature for the last few years was "just spinning wheels," but after our PDC at Pauls Place this summer I feel like we are finally catching traction. Hope to be threading some more. got a roof on our house, swales dug, and finally starting to work on our plan in more details.

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They COULD, but... they are not as insulative as straw and they are EXPENSIVE, at least they were back when I lived in NC.

You would be better off selling the needles to buy supplies like straw bales. If you have local access.

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