Cobbing is amazing….sculpting a house with raw earth…no cement, no preset form, no ramming or machines just, soil, water, clay, sand and straw.
Straw is to cob what metal is to cement. That makes me happy 
(see cobbing geek below)
A really good book that makes it all seem easy is “The cob builders handbook” by Becky Bee
A more detailed one is ´¨The hand sculpted house” by Evans, smith and Smiley. Ianto Evans also wrote a really good book on rocket stoves.
Becky in the cob bath
cupboard walls
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Hey Ali and Becky!
I love your blog, I think its ace that your out travelling via bikes! Miss you both loads.
I’m getting thoroughly educated with this blog so thank you!
I went to the hub last friday for an interview with Otesha for a tour liaison and they’ve offered it me so I’m very excited!
Hopefully I’ll see you soon for a deep south reunion!
Loads of love
Nick
p.s. have been doing some renegade composting and everytime I do the ‘compost swing’! remember that ali!? haha
Hey Ali, looks really interesting, satisfying and fun your wrk with cob, i really like the look of the finished house, i think thats what it is anyway, the window frame is one tree or it is formed with cob.
You are going to be a wealth of sustainable living knowladge soon and probibly are now.
Daniel
elise lovely lady. Good to hear from you and sorry I´ve taken so long to reply. I´ve been in the depths of morocco then national parks in spain and generally being lazy on the internet. OOh your wales job sounds amazing!! hows it going?? I´m going to be moving to ireland in september. will you still be in wales??? if so we´ll only be a wee ferry ride apart. Yippy. we can meet to drink wine, eat chocolate and treck in the hills (in that order obviously ;P) love you lots and miss you. hope everythings is jolly ali xxxxxxxx