Archive for March, 2007

Mud fill on can wall

Posted by Michael, March 30th , 2007.

Can wall with mud

We’ve been focusing on the upstairs of the earthship, code named Raven’s Loop. We went searching for local earth resources for brown coat plaster. Most of the available earth material is aggregate and large rock. We did find a spot that had small amounts of clay and was just sticky enough to fill some of the gaps in the can walls. The earth is so much warmer feeling than the concrete.

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Stem wall

Posted by Michael, March 8th , 2007.

Stem wall made of stone

I’ve been working on a earthen wall by my casita.
The barbed wire is visually abrasive so I thought I’d remedy it with some cob.
I’ve been collecting stones and old concrete for the stem wall.
Next to source the mud…

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