Category Archives: Projects

This season we have some very lofty goals. We are going to build a hot shower/greenhouse, we are going to jazz up the outdoor kitchen, we are going to put a floor into the fairy nest (formerly known as fairy … Continue reading →

Once we cut the hole for the door, we finished the design by adding swirlies on the back and some accents to make the oven look turtle-esque. The accents were using a mixture of sand, clay and kenaf.   After … Continue reading →

Building the Oven was a lot of fun. We used a 3:1 ratio of sand to clay in our mix. The first layer was only sand and clay and as you can see below we kept our boots on when … Continue reading →

One of our first projects this season was this cob oven project. We wanted a way to be able to make things like bread, pizza and other baked goodies. Also, this was good practice for building the cob cabin that … Continue reading →

To ALL my readers (all 3 of you ha!) L’isola invites you to join our first serious Cob Building (mud dancing) Project: During the months of May and June 2014 we will be building a small experimental housing structure on … Continue reading →

When it comes down to it i just thought this was really adorable and would love to see one of our volunteers build something like this so that they can become a full-time resident of L’isola! [www.permaculture.co.uk]

This summer we decided to do an experiment with cob so we built a small storage area for our grains and beans. We first put down a foundation of large flat rocks. Then we cemented over the floor so that … Continue reading →