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Posts tagged “adobe”

How to Insulate an Adobe House?
Good Questions

Q: We live in an adobe house and, contrary to popular belief, it is not particularly energy efficient. The "R value" is about 5 or 6. Short of wrapping the exterior of the house in insulation and re...

A House Made of Dirt
Mother Earth News Archives

Just the sight of an adobe home makes us want to visit the mountains of New Mexico. Take a look at this home, which tricked us. It's not built with adobe, but with bags filled with dirt and "mortared"...

A Backyard Bread Oven
A Green Dream

This winter we started making most of our own bread from scratch and it's been wonderful. Now that it's nearly summer and our house gets hot enough without doing any cooking inside, I'm dreaming of ...