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  Patrick Preciado October 28, 2010 at 4:51pm

  Ruthanne, thank you for asking me to be your friend on this website. I will be calling you soon on a date we can tour the straw bale home in New River. I called today but she was out so I left a message and sure she will be back with me soon. Talk to you soon.
  Patrick
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  Patrick Preciado October 28, 2010 at 8:55am

  Ruthanne, I posted an answer to your question and hope I can keep you interested in straw bale homes. Thank you for the post and you have a very nice blogg. Patrick Preciado
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  Anita Mahaffey September 30, 2009 at 11:30am

  Ruthanne, it looks like you've lived in a lot of different places. It certainly makes a person adaptable, doesn't it? I've lived most of my life in Albuquerque, NM, so gardening here in the low desert has been a real challenge for me. I've certainly had more failures than successes. We rented a few homes in Scottsdale before we were able to purchase our home here in Mesa. I tried to make improvements to the properties, and even composted, but always kept in mind that it was temporary. Good thing, because the subsequent tenants always let it go. We're having a wonderful time working on our new house, always looking for ways to utilize the materials we have at hand as well as planning for the long-term benefit of our home and property.
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  Anita Mahaffey September 26, 2009 at 5:55pm

  Thank you for the sweet compliment. My husband and 15-year-old son designed and built it before we got our chickens. We plan to turn that entire corner of the yard under the fig tree into an aviary. We are in the process of rebuilding the fence around our property with recycled tongue-in-groove from the original fence. The aviary will be our first project when the fence to the alley has been completed.
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  Ericka September 15, 2009 at 7:44pm

  Thanks for joining us!