Guide to Icelandic turf houses
Rachel Heller posted a fabulous article about Icelandic turf houses. I don't know if I'd like to live in one, but I sure do want to visit!
They cut thick pieces of the earth, grass and roots and all, from the ground and used the pieces as bricks to build walls. The base of each…
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