Hello!
I am writing because I am absolutely so excited about building a cob outdoor oven, then a small placehouse for my daughters, etc... my husband and I will be building this first time... so please, any advice is warmly welcomed.
We live in Prescott, AZ where its hot and the earth here has a ton of clay. We wanted to mess around just to see how strong it was. So after a few beers, mixing our soil, sand from the dry river bed, straw and water, we mixed it up good and placed it into a earthen pot as a holder to our tiki torch. The next day it was hard as a brick. Could you tell me if I have to buy clay here in Arizona when there is already so much of it in the soil? I realize now how the Native Americans built their Adobe homes and Pottery. Its beautiful and very cool! We need all the advice we can get! Also, how would we find out if its even permissable to build a cob home. My understanding is most of the county officials are ignorant to this type of building in most places and dont honor permits for Cob housing
Thank you,
Annamarie
