[Cob] Good windbreak plants for close planting to cob wall?

[Jill Hogan]

Not a good idea to plant close to a cob wall.
Jill

On 2010/03/02 10:27 PM, Brian Liloia wrote:
> I live in northeast Missouri in a completely cob house, and the west and
> north walls are quite exposed to the wind. Unfortunately, I cannot plant any
> ol' types of trees or shrubs at any ol' distance from the house, since I
> live at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, and I can only really work within the
> confines of my plot of land, which is quite small.
>
> I hoped to get some insight into planting shrubs nearly butt up against the
> north and west walls of the house. Has anyone planted shrubs right up
> against their own cob walls? What types of shrubs would you recommend?
> Obviously, they should be (very) shade-tolerant, and it would be nice it
> they had some medicinal or edible qualities, but it's more important that
> they actually serve as a formidable windbreak.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> - ziggy (my house: http://small-scale.net/yearofmud)
>
>    


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