Marfa, TX

November, 2015 - Yoseff Ben-Yehuda has poured his foundations and pulled the trigger on a 40' hempCrete combo container to build his very own abode in Marfa, TX
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In-floor heating
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Jan. 28, 2016 - first wall stick framed on-site, yahoo
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Mar. 23, 2016 - first wall of hemp being busted
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photos courtesy Yoseff Ben-Yehuda
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State tree:

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Pecan Juglandaceae Carya illinoinensis (illinoensis )
Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound with 9 to 15 finely serrate and often curved leaflets, 12 to 18 inches long.

Flower: Male flowers in hanging, yellow-green catkins, often in pairs of three (4 to 5 inches long). Females are small and yellowish green, 4-angled.

Fruit: Large, oblong, brown, splotched with black, thin shelled nuts, 1 ½ to 2 inches long, husks are thin, usually occur in clusters on trees. Mature in September and October.

Twig: Moderately stout, light brown, fuzzy particularly, when young; leaf scars large and three lobed; buds are yellowish brown to brown, hairy, terminal buds ¼ to ½ inch long.

Bark: Smooth when young, becoming narrowly fissured into thin broken strips, often scaly.

Form: A large tree (can reach heights well over 100 feet) with spreading crown when in the open.


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