Cob Earthship

[Kat Morrow]

>I was wondering whether you can still berm the north wall of such a
>structure?

As long as you keep moisture away from the bales......

>Can anyone give me an idea on how long does it take to build a cob
>home? For example if I wanted approximately 1500 SQ feet inside, gut
>feel how long would it take 5 people to build the walls assuming all
>materials are close at hand?

Depends if you insist on mixing 'by hand' or make use of any 'local
indiginous machinery'.  Talk to SunRay about tractor cob, it works great
and is much faster when you are trying to get a wall raised.  Also, Mark H.
in Ohio has had great success with a cement (mortar?) mixer.  You can only
raise a wall so high in a day, depending on how dry your mix is.

Kat