Cob: Tips (or mistakes that I've made ALREADY!!!)

[Waiting4 TheDay]

Hello all,

Fortunately none of the mistakes were too serious, but they did result in 
more time and effort.  For whatever reason I got it into my head to dig out 
the rubble trench first, then to take out the floor.  While it was 
definitely a cool effect seeing a huge ring in the grass, it made digging 
out the floor sooo much harder.  The next error was while digging the 
drainage trench for the rubble trench.  I began with a 16" tiling spade, 
knowing full well I had to go down 24".  So I ended up having to use a 
mattock to take out the other 8" of the material.  Next time (how can there 
not be a next time?) I'll just use a regular garden spade for the first 
layer then finish it off with the tiling spade.

Otherwise things are going well, tho' we've had the coolest, wettest spring 
in probably 20 years.

Chuck

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