result of the cob test, after drying for a few days.
our subsoil, with just a little clay added, and dried grass.
minimal shrinking, no cracking, very solid. 🙂
Discussion
Building something?
running through and testing preliminary ways of building something ❤️🙂
cool! what's the next step?
alot of digging 😂
ha! I know that part. Gloves help with the blisters.
We built a straw/mudslip structure and are thrilled with it. We have a lot of smaller projects coming up, but a cob house is on the list to start eventually. For our climate (big temp range each day) the thermal mass of cob will be great, but the insulation of the straw/mud has been good.
oh, interesting!
bales, or in a form, or… ?
Not bales - it's basically mixing straw with mudslip and tamping it into forms attached to the lumber frame. I'll see if I can find some photos for you. The original plan was to make a cob house but this was a quicker way to get a structure up (we had been in a tent).
beautiful. 🙂
thank you.
in other news, further experimentation…
the day when the dough starts to deflate makes the best tortillas. for my climate (70s) that is day 3.