We went back up to Hotchkiss, Colorado to help friends continue with their strawbale, earth plastered home project. It's coming out great, and I thought I'd post some pictures of the outside. The plaster shown will get a lime wash finish at some point, but it looks really good as is, especially considering that it was done as a single step, 1-1/2" thick earthen plaster. With seven of us plastering and one person mixing the plaster in a big tractor-driven cement mixer, we plastered about half of the outside of the house in two days.
The second photo shows the contrast between unplastered strawbale walls and those with plaster.
The porch posts are local Juniper that they cut on nearby NFS land (with a pole permit), peeled and finished with tung oil. The house is coming out great.
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