Building Cob Houses

This is an interesting but ancient subject. Well, I say that because "Cob" is an ancient building material that was most likely used way back during the prehistoric times. Cob, sometimes spelled "Cobb," is all-natural and consists of sand, clay, earth, straw, and water. It is very much like another primitive building material they call "adobe." If you'd rather read about adobe, go here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe

I got reminded of this style of building a couple years ago, when a co-worker requested 3 weeks off from work, to go to these types of workshops that demonstrated and/or taught this particular building technique. However, the guy also signed up for a "rain harvesting" class, which me and another associate made fun of him for that. Ha-ha! Who needs to take a class on how to collect rainwater? LOL! At any contemporary rate, there wasn't enough idiots to sign up for the rain harvesting class but the cob building workshop most likely had a lot of participants.

Anyway, a short while after that, it got me to searching about old cob buildings/cobb houses. I found them to be quite interesting and unique in their own little archaic way. I like the idea of living off the land without the use of synthetics and fabricated material. At any primitive rate, I included a sample image for this post, in case you have never seen a cob building before. Would I like to learn how? Would I build my home out of this stuff? Uh, uh... Probably not, if I don't have to. I'm spoiled by modern houses, I guess... Either way, when I was a kid, I always enjoyed playing in the dirt, rocks and mud; cheers!

If you'd like to read more about this subject, go here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cob_(material)

Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Source is provided in the link above.

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