[Cob] COBBING in CT?

[s Bay]

Hello!

My parent's have a beautiful 7 ac site in NE Connecticut and have asked us 
to build near them.  They've got a creek that comes from a natural spring 
uphill, running right thru the property, and it is backed on 3 sides by 
State Wetlands, so it'll never get built on.  They live on a mountain, that 
is very rocky and I've been dreaming of building cob there.

With the creek, I have a good chance of finding some clay right??

but the rest of the terrain is sooo rocky I'm worried about labor for 
digging a foundation.....

Maybe no foundation, or a plinthe (sp?) or perhaps a shallow rubble trench 
foundation as done by Frank Loyd Wright?????

Also about toilets.  I've done the composting humanure toilet and with great 
success, should we just stick with that?  I've got bids for the well at 300 
ft deep for $9 thou! Yikes That's all our savings and then what about 
sewer???!!???

Can I do a greywater pond with this location?  CT isn't as cold as MN.

Any ideas on catching rainwater till we save for a well??

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!   We've got about 10$thou saved up for 
our dream cob house and an old airstream trailer ready for us to live in 
while we're in construction. Plus with the parents right next door it's easy 
to do laundry and and such.




Sarah Markie

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