After the top plates were completed they were moved and the remaining sill plates were finished. The sill plates are 2x4's treated with copper for rot resistance. Holes were marked for the anchor bolts then drilled and placed. A strip of black roofing paper was laid down under the sillplates.

The cavity between the blocks as well as the empty block cores were filled with pumice for insulation and drainage.

After lunch, the window and door bucks were made, set in place and braced.

The second home was Fred and Betsy McGee's compound. They have two simple rectangular structures that form a courtyard space that is further enclosed with a straw bale patio wall. The wall is lime and cement plaster capped with sloping tile. The walls of the houses are lime plaster directly on the bales inside and out.

Bill and Teodoro worked on a form for a poured concrete window sill.

The plaster for half the building (34 loads) were mixed in the morning and applied in the afternoon. A coat of heavy clay slip was first applied by hand to the bales to make adhesion of the high straw plaster mix easier. The plaster was built up using wood trowels.