Monica Truong

Paul Wheaton is a great proponent of sowing apple seeds directly into the ground rather than planting saplings, for all the reasons mentioned here and more. They even have a half-assed holiday where they do just that. A bit of fun in the serious pursuit of infecting minds with permaculture!

The folks at Wheaton Labs celebrate Apple Seed Day in their permaculture way!

Fermented ice-cream!  I've been interested in making ferments for some years but my children don't really like fermented foods, so I kind of let it drop. But recently, my interest is piqued again as I learned that plants have defenses meant to kill you. Of course, we don't find people dead from eating vegetables, but they wreak havoc to our health in a myriad of ways for those who are especially susceptible.  Fermenting reduces the harm and makes food easier to digest in some cases and/or increases the nutrient density of the food. Austin Durant (he teaches live classes on how to make fermented ice-cream!) talks about the various methods of fermentation and food preservation in this vid:

Storing apples to keep as pig feed is a great idea for those of us who have animals. If not, there are a multitude of other ways to preserve foods. Austin Durant goes into 13 different methods at the Permaculture Technology Jamboree at Wheaton labs and it has been caught on camera for posterity. See a turbo tour of his methods:

Did you know that eggs can be pickled?? Austin Durant, master fermenter & food preserver gives us a quick overview of the different methods of fermenting and preserving food to boost nutrient density and enhance nutrient absorption - a sort of turbo tour of food preservation.

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Sasha Platte wrote:I made a version for tender ears (Censored) with complete chapters for navigation.

That is awesome! I hope you don't mind if I lift the timestamps and chapters to revamp the uncensored version. These days, YT and audiences expect to be able to navigate to different bits of a video.

Very to sorry to hear you haven't received your DVDs. We'll look into it right away and get back to you asap.

Join Alex Sumerall in his online Cob Workshop Classroom and learn all there is to know about foundations, windows and doors in a cob house build. This is the only online cob workshop experience available. Take an intensive cob workshop without the need to travel, and take vacation time off, which is only a fraction of the cost.  The online course is delivered through a series of video lessons and articles. Full details below!

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This module consists of everything you need to know about building the foundations, windows and doors in a cob house. Also included is tips on getting your cob house build approved and creating a timetable for your build.
 

Module:Foundations, Windows & Doors, Codes & Permits
Learn how to install doors and windows in cob walls, trimming cob walls, building window sills, building cob arches, and further explore building codes and permit requirements.

What's Included in this Module?

Watch Alex’s highly applicable step-by-step cob building lessons on:

An Introduction to Natural Building

Designing Your Cob House

Site Preparation

How to Square a Site for Building

Foundations 1 - Basic Principles

Foundations 2 - Rubble Trenches

Foundations 3 - Building a Stone Foundations

Foundations 4 - Laying out a Round Foundation

Windows and Doors

Building Cob Arches

Trimming Cob Walls

Total viewing time: 85 minutes
Total PDFs: 52 pages

Bonus content

9 Tips for Building Code Approval

Building on a Timetable

Total viewing time: 21 minutes
total PDFs: 2pages


Meet Your Instructor

Owner/Founder of This Cob House

Alex Sumerall is an Earth Masonry Professional who has a focus on creating earthen structures that are healthy, aesthetically pleasing, and functional for modern life. He is the owner of This Cob House LLC, which is dedicated to consulting and teaching people about earth masonry techniques such as cob, rammed earth, and adobe block. Alex has been practicing Earth Masonry since 2011. He graduated from the Aprovecho School of Natural Building in 2013 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, and continues to teach, present, consult, and construct.



Alex's complete 12 part course (not included here) consists of everything you need to build your cob house:

15 Hours of Video Lessons

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