"Stevie?" Megan whispered loudly as the hid under the corn stalks.

New conditioner.) Their hair is, I am certain, sticking up like wheat stalks.

In the 14th century the Chinese emperors were using scrapes of rice paper and the Europeans began using hay, grass, straw and old rags.

These stalks, mostly from new genetically engineered varieties, are thick and stout and resistant to rotting.

Other straw bale designs use the bales for insulation rather than as structural and load-bearing components.