Termites in a strawbale home

["Wheeler,Mark,GLENDALE,Information Security"<mark.wheeler@us.nestle.com>]

Sonya,

Strawbales in general are supposed to have almost no food value, as opposed
to hay and wood, which do.  But there are different kinds of straw, and I am
not the right resource to tell you which has the least food value.  I
understand that rice straw is really hard to decompose, which would tell me
that even bacteria don't much care for it.

Make sure you have aluminum windows since termites will eat wood ones.

Since termites enter from the bottom of the wall, a pesticide barrier should
go a long way to helping you keep the little buggers out.

Luck.

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