It was a community affair getting all the straw bales into place. Anni Tilt referred to it as a "bale raising" in the Amish mode of a barn raising. Tershy echoed the sentiment, recounting how friends, neighbors, and the Arkin Tilt team all pitched in to get the 150 bales into place. Here we see Tershy and Zavaleta manhandling what would soon become insulation. Photo courtesy of Arkin Tilt Architects.  Search “straw bale” from Santa Cruz Home's 'Bale Raising'

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It was a community affair getting all the straw bales into place. Anni Tilt referred to it as a "bale raising" in the Amish mode of a barn raising. Tershy echoed the sentiment, recounting how friends, neighbors, and the Arkin Tilt team all pitched in to get the 150 bales into place. Here we see Tershy and Zavaleta manhandling what would soon become insulation. Photo courtesy of Arkin Tilt Architects.