eike is a neighbor of michael and maobi. he has a house made out of almost all natural material. the walls are made with straw bales. today i went over to his house and helped him put some plaster on the outside walls. the mix was calk, straw, water and sand i think. the work is harder than i thought it would be. the first layer is very important. you cant just spread it on, you kind of have to push it in there real good so it will hold. when that first layer dries after a day or 2 it will need to get 2 more coats. eike has spent the last 6 years working on the house. he has done pretty much the whole thing on his own. its a big , big house. eike is a real smart guy. he knows alot about natural building.
while working today i was thinking a lot about an idea i came with a little while ago of someday having my own land. i would like to build a yurt or a cabin or something, and have lots and lots of food crops and trees. i have been getting interested in the idea of food forests. i was thinking i could have a big week or how ever long work party type of thing. i would invite everyone i knew to come help out and i would post online. people could stay there for a week or so and work and i would give them food and such. and also they would learn how to work with cob, how to plant things, and all that stuff. a lot of people pay to learn that stuff, but im not interested in trying to get people to pay. it would be a good deal for the both of us.
some day i would really love to have some land to work on.
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