Cob: Athens, GA

Thu Dec 20 09:56:35 PST 2001

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Hi Everybody,

We're new to the cob list too and this is my first posting, although I did 
write Sabrina once I read her posting.  Well, guess what?  We're currently in 
Lawrenceville, GA, about 45 minutes from Athens, and are very, very 
interested in cob.  I'm originally from Athens, born and raised there, so I 
know the area really well.  I agree that Clarke County, where the city of 
Athens actually is, is probably not a good bet as far as expecting the 
building inspectors to just jump right on the cob concept with intense 
enthusiasm but some of the surroundings counties like Madison, Barrow, 
Jefferson, Oglethorpe or Banks hold more hope, not to mention far lower land 
prices and property taxes.  For those of you on the list who are not familiar 
with this area, Athens is a great little college town in Northeast Georgia 
that is surrounded by quite a few basically rural counties.  It's about an 
hour's commute to Atlanta.  All of these rural areas around here still have 
plenty of the old "Feed & Seed" type stores still around so getting things 
like straw bales and dump trucks of dirt shouldn't be much of a problem.  If 
they can't do it, most of the folks who work at these places know who can.

I'm very encouraged by all this interest in the Georgia area in the cob 
concept.  If enough of us express interest, one of these counties is going to 
eventually take the whole idea seriously and begin to work with us instead of 
against us, so let's all try to stay in touch on here and maybe we can make 
some progress and somebody can actually get something built.  I was also 
thrilled to see the postings about some proposed cob units at Tullalah Gorge 
(a perfect place for it) and the one being built in Middle Georgia.  There's 
a lot of interest and activity in this area so we all have a lot of hope.

By the way, my husband is just now finishing up a cob dog house with a thatch 
roof in the back yard that's holding up really well.  He basically just mixed 
some of our good old Georgia red clay that he dug up in the back yard with 
some sand and some straw and experimented with it until he felt like he got 
the right texture.  First, he made a brick out it and just let it sit in the 
sun and the rain for a few months to see how well it would hold up, which was 
surprisingly well since it wasn't even limestoned.  Very little of it washed 
away.   Then, he started on the dog house which is almost done.  We don't 
actually have a dog to use it but if we get one, looks like he'll have a 
pretty cool little house to sleep in.

Judy in Georgia

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<HTML>Hi Everybody,
 
 We're new to the cob list too and this is my first posting, although I did write Sabrina once I read her posting. &nbsp;Well, guess what? &nbsp;We're currently in Lawrenceville, GA, about 45 minutes from Athens, and are very, very interested in cob. &nbsp;I'm originally from Athens, born and raised there, so I know the area really well. &nbsp;I agree that Clarke County, where the city of Athens actually is, is probably not a good bet as far as expecting the building inspectors to just jump right on the cob concept with intense enthusiasm but some of the surroundings counties like Madison, Barrow, Jefferson, Oglethorpe or Banks hold more hope, not to mention far lower land prices and property taxes. &nbsp;For those of you on the list who are not familiar with this area, Athens is a great little college town in Northeast Georgia that is surrounded by quite a few basically rural counties. &nbsp;It's about an hour's commute to Atlanta. &nbsp;All of these rural areas around here still have plenty of the old "Feed &amp; Seed" type stores still around so getting things like straw bales and dump trucks of dirt shouldn't be much of a problem. &nbsp;If they can't do it, most of the folks who work at these places know who can.
 
 I'm very encouraged by all this interest in the Georgia area in the cob concept. &nbsp;If enough of us express interest, one of these counties is going to eventually take the whole idea seriously and begin to work with us instead of against us, so let's all try to stay in touch on here and maybe we can make some progress and somebody can actually get something built. &nbsp;I was also thrilled to see the postings about some proposed cob units at Tullalah Gorge (a perfect place for it) and the one being built in Middle Georgia. &nbsp;There's a lot of interest and activity in this area so we all have a lot of hope.
 
 By the way, my husband is just now finishing up a cob dog house with a thatch roof in the back yard that's holding up really well. &nbsp;He basically just mixed some of our good old Georgia red clay that he dug up in the back yard with some sand and some straw and experimented with it until he felt like he got the right texture. &nbsp;First, he made a brick out it and just let it sit in the sun and the rain for a few months to see how well it would hold up, which was surprisingly well since it wasn't even limestoned. &nbsp;Very little of it washed away. &nbsp;&nbsp;Then, he started on the dog house which is almost done. &nbsp;We don't actually have a dog to use it but if we get one, looks like he'll have a pretty cool little house to sleep in.
 
 Judy in Georgia
 
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