[Cob] Foundation trenches

[lucynda riley]

i haven't dug my trenches yet, but plan to begin either this fal or next 
spring.  I am going to do it by hand simply because i have seen what having 
heavy equipment on the property can do.  They had to bring bulldozers in to 
make a space in the woods for the mobile home we are currently living and 
and it completely destroyed the area and damaged the few trees that 
remained.   We also have spent the last 3 years racking up gravel from bare 
clay and tryingto get grass to grow on it and cutting through mountains of 
brush pile that were shoved into forested areas and are to close to other 
trees to simply set on fire.
The dirt here is rocky and i don't expect the digging to be easy.    I plan 
on trying to keep the forest around me as undisturbed as possible (well 
except for killing off the invasive muscudine and green brire vines)
>From: "Patrick Newberry" <PNewberry at HFHI.org>
>To: <dealy at deatech.com>, "Lance Collins" <collinsl at bigpond.net.au>
>CC: coblist at deatech.com
>Subject: RE: [Cob] Foundation trenches
>Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:06:51 -0500
>
>I dug my dome foundation in 4 hours (16 ft radius). Sandy soil, mild
>winters, ain't it wonderful.
>
>Also dug a 100 ft trench for my water line from the well to the house in
>another afternoon.
>
>
>www.gypsysfarm.com
>
>Pat
>
>
><snip>
> > I know cobbers are basically impoverished masochists but you'd be nuts
>
> > to dig foundation trenches by hand
></snip>
>
>
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