Apart from that there is a very long list of work to do here at Huff and Puff HQ and hereabouts to keep us busy, plus we really need orders for next year. I like to think I am an honest soul, and the whole point of getting the nook finished was to be able to show you a physical example of the standard of our straw bale work before engaging us for your own project. However, in the meantime I will just have to do that in other ways. Rome was not built in a day and all that, and I am very much concentrating on the excellent progress our fledgling small business has made this year, rather than what has not been done, as there is a long list of things to be done and some of them will take many years.
For example we would love to help people build their own affordable straw bale homes in the UK. That is within our power to do right now. And one day, the charitable arm of our business, yet to be created, will hopefully be able to help build straw bale and other buildings for those that need them in developing countries. I like the fact we’ve had social and charitable aims for the company in our business plan from day one, and every step we take is in the right direction.
Talking of work in developing countries, my next post will be about a rammed earth course I did last weekend, and the inspirational instructor we had – Rowland Keable – who has done great work with rammed earth building and standards, especially in Africa.