Because posts held up the roof I could stack the stawbales on their edges meaning the wall was about 16-17” thick instead of over 2' as it would be if the bales had been laid flat. But that meant turning lots of full bales into partial bales because notching them would cut the bale strings. Long story. Anyway, lots of partial bales requires lots of extra work. Fortunately I advertised the wall raising in as many places as I could think and over 30 people showed up. We put up all the strawbale walls in a single day. Then I had to take care of the many details.