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The Year of Mud: Cob & Natural Building

Natural Building: Living, Learning and Teaching | Cob, Straw Bale Building, Timber Framing

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Beautiful Rustic Swedish Cabins: Urnatur

by ziggy on January 17, 2012

Building the Woodshed Reciprocal Roof

by ziggy on December 9, 2010

Installing Stovepipe through Living Roof Membrane

by ziggy on October 7, 2010

The One Year Report: Life in a Cob House

by ziggy on August 21, 2010

Strawberries on a living sod roof

by ziggy on June 6, 2009

Building a living sod roof for a cob house

by ziggy on May 14, 2009

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by ziggy on May 8, 2009

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by ziggy on March 4, 2009

Getting in the last building work before winter

by ziggy on November 3, 2008

Dressing up the reciprocal roof

by ziggy on October 19, 2008

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    Hullo. I am Brian Liloia, but I am also called Ziggy. I currently live at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. In April '08, I began building my own cob house with little prior construction experience, and in July '09, I moved in. Here I've documented the entire building process, and continue to share info. about living in an cob home, and my latest building projects. Things you can expect to learn about here include cob, straw bale, timber framing, hand tools, our new natural building workshops, & more. This is the Year of Mud.

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