With a straw bale house, you want to keep the bales away from moisture and that includes water splatter from the ground as well as snow drifts. That's why the bottom portion of the first floor does not have bales. We have (inaccurately) called this section the pony wall.
Behind the stone, this area has rockwool insulation, and a number of layers of special papers and venting to insure property moisture management. We originally had wanted to put dense packed cellulose in these cavities, but it would have held on to too much moisture. The stone now looks lovely. The remaining pieces will get put in around the doors and windows as the latter are installed.
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