Straw bale section goes on and we plaster with cob on day 2 of our course

OUr 4 day cob building course started today!

Eleven new cobbers arrived today from all over the world - UK, Bulgaria and Japan! The sun shone all day, and we've had a fantastic time learning how to make the perfect cob mix, building the first foot of cob on a stem wall, and working on the cob stairs. We've got a great bunch of friendly people here for the next 4 days so it promises to be great fun.

And thank you all for your kind compliments regarding the food - the guy who told me my lunch was 'a masterpiece' - I'll slip you extra large portions tomorrow!!

If you're thinking about coming on our complete cob course, please get in touch to book on our next course which takes place in August - there are just a few spaces left. Email us info@edwardsecobuilding.com or call us on 01493 369952. Find out more at www.edwardscobbuilding.com

The cob blog starts here

It's 4 degrees outside and we've just come in from a hard day's cobbing. We're building a cob-bale extension to our house at the moment, and we're re-rendering the old wattle-daub exisiting cottage. The commorants have landed on bird island for the night, the dew is on the grass and I'm running a hot bath to leap into. I'm too cold to write any more tonight but watch this space - I'm gonna tell you everything there is to know about cob and earth building on this blog. I'll give you tips, techniques, ideas, advice and lots more. Plus I'll post loads of photos.
If you want to know more about us, see our website at http://www.edwardscobbuilding.com/
You'll find out about all our cob courses there.