Breaking Ground
December 31, 2010
Well hopefully at this point you will have taken the time to make all of your choices and decisions as to the size and locations
All of the posts here follow the journey and the evolution of our understanding an the building of our earthen oven. This journey developed skills and a love of working with earth in a way that we no longer have in the mainstream. This provided skills and an understanding for myself and my children in a way we never expected. We hope to inspire others by documenting this journey. It’s time to go play in the mud.
Well hopefully at this point you will have taken the time to make all of your choices and decisions as to the size and locations
Well by now hopefully you’ve read the previous posts so you’ll have the advantage of knowing the things that I had to figure out. Don’t
This is one of the best things about using cob and adobe. You can find the materials just about anywhere for little to no cost
Now take a deep breath and relax. This one is really simple. Adobe is pretty much the exact same mix of clay, sand, water and
To put it simply cob is a building material made from water, clay, sand and straw. If only it were that simple. There is actually a bit
OK now I know what you’re thinking, didn’t we cover the base in the last post. The simple answer is yes but, there are some
So in the beginning I had to start somewhere. Since the brick oven was what started all of this I figured the clay oven was
Hello and welcome to my adventure. Since this is my first attempt at writing a blog I thought I would begin with a short introduction about