By Scott, on July 25th, 2010%
This is a hard list to come up with. Every Project can be put together with a different set of materials.
a couple tarps, woven polypropylene is perfect… may be able to recycle someone’s used woven polypropylene lumber wrap, feed bags, etc. for free …
drain rock for foundation (an oven can actually be built at ground level, . . . → Read More: Supplies Nessesary To Build Cob Oven
By Scott, on May 19th, 2010%
My mind has been obsessed with GreenHouses and Garden Walls. I’m looking forward to building them! =-)
I’ve been drafting a small (hypothetical) greenhouse for my back yard. My current dilemma is fitting water catchment and rocket stove heating into such a small structure without the stove melting the water catchment. I think I”ve got that figured . . . → Read More: GreenHouses and Garden Walls
By Scott, on January 10th, 2010%
Building an wood-fired oven out of earth
Ideally you would want to build a stem wall to raise your oven to about waist high. Your base bricks should sit on an insulation layer to reduce the heat loss out of the bottom of you oven. Insulation is air pockets. Think of heat as moving molecules. As the . . . → Read More: Bee Hive Oven
By Scott, on January 2nd, 2010%
I started writing this a few months ago. It’s been a few months and my opinion hasn’t changed, so I guess I should publish it. The wait proves to me that this IS what I believe in, and I have come to the conclusion that I just need to move in the direction that I feel . . . → Read More: CounterProductive