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Urban forest cob experiment, part VIII: another brick in the wall

September 25, 2015 youbigtalker

As I work week after week on a thick brick wall, I must keep the end product in mind. It’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: birthday, bricklaying, camping, cob, cob cottage, cob foundation, cob house, diy building, earth building, glass bottles, meme, natural building, vacation

Urban Forest Cob Experiment, part VII: foundation half finished

September 12, 2015 youbigtalker

What was that idiom: “Rome wasn’t built in a day?” I’m co-oping that to explain the lengthy time it’s taken…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cob, cob cottage, cob foundation, cob house, earth building, natural building, pinto

Urban cob forest experiment part VI: foundation continued

September 7, 2015 youbigtalker

This week, I was only able to devote two days to the project as we were busily preparing for our…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cob foundation, cupcakes

Urban Forest Cob Experiment, part V: brick and mortar foundation of mismatched chunks

August 29, 2015 youbigtalker

  In addition to starting on the cob foundation this week, we happily relocated paintings of friends and family since…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: brick and mortar, brick and mortar foundation, cob floor, cob foundation, cob house, diy building, earth building, foundation, natural building, psyllium husks, recycled brick

Urban forest cob experiment part IV: drainage & foundation

August 23, 2015 youbigtalker

I realize that in many ways posting photos at this stage of my “cob house” development is much like sharing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: brick, cob foundation, cob house, diy building, earth building, gravel trench foundation, mortar, Rock shop

Urban forest cob experiment part II: trenching

August 8, 2015 youbigtalker

This week, my focus was on digging a trench for our cob cottage.   Once complete, it will be filled with…

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Posted in: Ingredient 1: Community Filed under: carolina red clay, cob foundation, cob trench, earth building, gravel trench foundation, rubble trench foundation, stem wall

Eleni is currently writing a novel and several short stories. | She has published articles in The New Republic & Philly Inquirer. | Creator of comedy skits. | Theme: BIG talk. | Co-founder, Vegan Chef Challenge.

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