Earth bag homes

(strawbales using an expensive conventional foundation and roof making not alot of sense for me and not even saving money much of the time by what I hear) Heck you could almost put stick built walls up to save time (as earthbags are a big cost in time and hassle per cubic foot filled whereas the walls are the cheapest by comparison to roof/foundation) and things like that is almost what i'm now thinking. Why aren't we already doing this?

By Earthenhand, Portland OR. 2009

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