[Cob] east coast and samples

[Amanda Peck]

Ed, how do you start your birdhouses?  On a board bottom or all woven?

Ed Raduazo--on the list--does kiddie workshops in the Washington DC area for 
wattle and daub birdhouses.  Frame made of woven green sticks (good way to 
use up the invasive privet, can fill in the gaps with--equally 
invasive--honeysuckle),  cob--or cog-like mixture including clay, sand, and 
probably a bit of fiber, daubed on.

This would require no more than a gallon of mix, I'd guess.
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A sample, something smaller than an oven - that's a great idea. I'm 
envisioning a kiddie pool in the middle of our new apartment to stomp around 
in! =) Maybe I'll try a bird house.

Thanks,
-jill

Amanda Peck wrote:
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>Kiko Denzer's book is pretty good.  But that's a good point.
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>So, yes, make a sample (mine was a toad house!--still haven't gotten to the 
>oven, and I don't know if the toads are using their house, but it's still 
>there.)
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>I think, without a little more guidance than a book, though, we'd be more 
>likely to make a big, muddy mess and get discouraged.
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>Take care,
>-jill
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