How are we going to build?

We are studying, watching youtube videos and preparing for the big building time this summer. Please see below couple of links we find useful:

 http://www.networkearth.org/naturalbuilding/clay.html

 http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/QandA/cob/strawclay.htm

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG6h1J1B7KU  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSApSrd8VwY

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhZypnoeWyU

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J0862TFPwU

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTJLI3r-res

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X1d8wOeJ4

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0yHAqtPu9k

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25KT64Qp6w

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IVoSR5kLyc

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY4Dl0iOkig

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wzUO31U7I 



  Oh and this is in a nutshell how we are going to build. 

 

Light clay workshop May 2014

We are organising our first ever natural building workshop. Very exciting stuff :)

We would love to have you here, for more please go to our facebook page here.

 

A Truth Window - Some Ideas

Those are our most favorite truth window designs we could find on the web.

 

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Some ideas for Cob Garden Wall

We still have plenty of time to decide what kind of a clay garden wall we are going to build. We have found lots of new ideas and inspirations. Some of the ones we really like you can see below. 

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Here you can see some photos of how to build the cob wall step by step.

Some interesting websites:
http://www.landerland.com/whatsnew02.html 

http://cobandon.blogspot.ie/2010/11/final-belated-update-for-cob-garden.html

http://www.cobdesigns.net/#!

http://www.examiner.com/article/building-a-straw-bale-landscape-wall

http://thujawoodart.com/woodwork/cob-structures/