On Sunday, I bought some lumber from a local guy. He buys semi loads of building material returns and then uses it for his own construction projects and to sell. 
Yesterday, Jon and I ripped the 2x10s down to 8 inches in width and used them to box in around the house on top of the foundation wall. We needed to rip them since I had designed the
We also began framing the floor above the root cellar yesterday. We used 2x10s ripped down to 8” from the timber frame to the outside root cellar wall. The straw bale wall will run along the outside edge above the root cellar. I left an opening for the stairs to the root cellar. 
Based upon the number of 2x lumber that I have left, I believe I will frame the floor for the kitchen and mudroom similar to the framing I’m planning for the porch. I’ll post about that as it happens.
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Darryl, you are making great strides with the house and I'm sure it can be exhausting at times either physically, mentally, or both. I just wanted to cheer you on and hopefully give you a boost whenever you may need it.
Thanks for cheering me on, Curdy! Sometimes the project seems so overwhelming. At those times, I have to focus on the specific task at hand.
Any updates on the passive cooling set up you had thought of before? I was wondering if you had put those pipes in the ground you had mentioned before.
No updates on the cooling system, Curdy. I continue to think about it, but it's not a high priority at this point in time. I expect that we will be able to let the cool air that comes off the hill behind the house in the evenings to flow through and cool things off overnight. Then, we can close up the house during the day, keeping the coolness inside and the heat outside. The passive cooling system is doable as a retrofit if desired.
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