Where I Get My Clay
People are always asking where I get the clay that I use to make cob.
The answer: From a pit I dug in my backyard.
The cost: Free.
The long-term goal: To transform the pit into a pond, complete with a “creek” circling my oak tree and, ideally, some fish and ducks to inhabit it.
Tags: backyard pond, Building with Cob, clay, ducks
June 15th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
hey, what are all those white things splattered around near that circular object? they look like they could be transformed into something really neat-o.
June 16th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Those would be snail shells. Several months ago, a local artist picked up all the shells in my yard and placed them inside that metal hoop, forming a “snail garden,” but the rains, or perhaps my son, destroyed it. Nothing lasts forever….