FREE OPEN TOURS:  If you can't join us for a workparty the next open public tour will be June 2nd at 4pm, potluck to follow.  Please call to let us know you are coming and how many in your party.

BUILD A COMPLETE COB BUILDING IN JUST 9 DAYS!!! Join a team of our veteran instructors Kirk Mobert and Bryan Burnowski in this amazing fast pace Complete Cob extravaganza!  They will take you from foundation to roof in just 9 short days.  Kirk and Bryan have taken our 3 week course and condensed it into just 9 days.  No where else will you get the hands on experience with all the components of completing a structure in just one short workshop.  Check out our workshop schedule for June 21-30th, for more details on how to join us in Point Arena California this summer.  A great opportunity to "get it all" in one workshop in sunny Medicino County!

 

STILL SPACE IN OUR JUNE COMPLETE COB - GET A JUMP START ON THE SUMMER BUILDING SEASON!  You can join Allie Maggio and our team of teachers at Cob Cottage complex in Coquille Oregon.  Experience the splendor of cob building amongst the beauty of a natural building village built right here in the lush rainforest of Oregon.  From sourcing material to building walls, arches and more - you will learn all there is to know to build your own structure from the soils beneath your feet.

 

New Book Now Available!
Build Your Own Barrel Oven
A Guide for Making a Versatile, Efficient, and Easy to Use Wood-Fired Oven

The tools for a sustainable future continue to grow! In this book, Max and Eva Edleson (Natural Builders and Cob Cottage Company alumni and instructors) offer a comprehensive guide for planning and building a practical, efficient and affordable wood-fired oven. The barrel oven offers surprising convenience because it is hot and ready to bake in within 15-20 minutes and is easy to maintain at a constant temperature.  It can be the seed for a small-scale baking enterprise or the heart of a community’s wood-fired cuisine. All kinds of food can be baked in the barrel oven including bread, roasts, pizza, cookies cakes, pies, casseroles and stews. Follow this step-by-step guide to transform local, low-cost materials and the sun’s energy into good food!  How fun - thanks for making it available to us all Max & Eva!!!

96 pages, color, $18.

Order the book from Hand Print Press!