Skip to content
You Big Talker
Big Talk: Writing & Skits
  • Home
  • About YBT
  • Press
  • Writing
  • Comedy Skits
  • #Comments
  • Vegan Chef Challenge

Tag: natural building

Late(r) news: the cob house is complete, part XI

August 26, 2016 youbigtalker

As we have been on the road with #Comments and family, I realized I had not shared some of our…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cob, cob house, diy building, earth building, natural building

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…

Continue Reading →

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…

Continue Reading →

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

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…

Continue Reading →

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 III: trenching, leveling, sloping

August 15, 2015 youbigtalker

(Better) trenching I didn’t realize how lame my trench was until I dug a better one.  I tend toward “that’s…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: cob, cob cottage, earth building, natural building, trenching

My urban forest cob experiment part I

July 31, 2015 youbigtalker 1 Comment

I’ve been talking about building a cob house for long enough now that rather than questions like “how’s that cob…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Ingredient 1: Community, Ingredient 3: Art Filed under: cob, cob cottage, cob house, diy, natural building

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.

Bluesky, Youtube, Tiktok: @youbigtalker
Insta: @elenibinge

Subscribe

Join the Big Talkers

Our newsletter will dispatch Big Talk: Less frequent missives than small talk by design

Recent Posts

  • New short story published
  • Writing submissions are my fruit basket
  • Second draft complete!
  • Remembering the Paper Eagles
  • Announcing WriteReader!
  • Are the animals talking?
  • The You Big Talker Talk Show Season 2!
  • Books & Songs of 2022

Ingredient

Archives

  • Footer menu
  • Footer menu
Copyright © 2025 You Big Talker