Cob Construction

If you have a clay based subsoil (15-25% clay) you are in luck as your home’s raw material is below your feet. (You want the inorganic stuff down under the topsoil, no decomposing mulch and micro-organisms.) Mix your clay soil with some water, sand and straw. Mix with your feet, bare or booted, or with any number of mechanical mixers, or an oxen, or for a really large job, use a backhoe. See the ilovecob website for multiple mixing methods.

Cob Under Construction

Source: Cob Under Construction