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Lime Mortars DVD Review

Lime Mortars DVD Review

This article is original content and has not appeared in The Last Straw.
St. Astier Natural Limes, a producer of hydraulic lime products from France, is offering a set of DVD videos called The Master Stroke DVD Tutorial Series.  The Master Stroke is a 4-disc series beginning with lime mortars.  Other discs cover plastering and rendering [...]

Sustainable Living in California – TLS #59

Sustainable Living in California – TLS #59

This article appeared in TLS #59.
Turko Semmes is a licensed general contractor from San Luis Obispo County, California, and one of the foremost experts in straw-bale building techniques.
A graduate from the Architecture Department of Cal Poly State University in 1978 with a degree in Construction Engineering, he has been self-employed since that time, running a [...]