I was instantly attracted to building with straw, probably because as a kid I lived in rural Wisconsin and spent many afternoons building bale forts in the hayloft. The moment I heard about Kate Brown's straw-bale pottery studio--much less beheld its elegant practicality--I knew I had to build something with straw. But what?

My husband Mike and I already owned a historic lodge with plenty of floor space, here in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico. But our rambling, stone lodge is notoriously hard to heat in the winter, and its thick brick south wall is perfectly suited for solar gain. I'd long wanted an attached solar greenhouse, but could never justify the cost to ...

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