Want to see it in action or try cooking something in it? Join us at Saffron Acres for a relatively low key Halloween-Harvest type fun day on Saturday the 18th of October from about 12 noon onwards. More details about the event at the end of the post, however, let’s finish the building first…
Want to continue building an earth oven with the lovely people at Saffron Acres? (next session Saturday 26th July – are you available?)
What is that, some kind of sacrificial altar? But, for bricks?
This only a little update but read on, dear reader!
Here’s a fun fact: There are more ‘people-living-in-caves’ today, (maybe 40 million) than there were in ‘caveman times’ (say, 1 million in 70,000 BC)
image: Meier&Poehlmann CC
So what is “Yaodong”? It translates to ‘house-cave’, and many residents are pretty happy with these earth-insulated, often off-grid dwellings. Read more here (LA Times) and here (Travel China Guide). A very quick weekend post here from LESSBIG! See you again soon.
Want to continue building an earth oven with the lovely people at Saffron Acres? (next session Saturday 28th June – are you available?)
LESSBIG is ‘on site’ and needs your help!
Want to continue building an earth oven with the lovely people at Saffron Acres? (next session Saturday 14th June – are you available?)
LESSBIG is ‘on site’ and needs your help!
LESSBIG attended 1 day of a 2 day course, run by The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) in Slawston, Leicestershire on the 30th of April. There were a number of very informative talks and some hands-on repairs of an earth walled stable block.
Adults go off for a tea break – kids swarm in for some muddy fun
Read on for lots more pics and notes:
Who wants to try their hand at building an earth oven with the lovely people at Saffron Acres? (next session Saturday 14th June – are you available?)
Something like this one from http://www.digginfood.com
LESSBIG is ‘on site’ and needs your help!
For the Greenlight festival, I wanted something easy and crafty to show at the LESSBIG stand. It turns out earth bricks were that thing: cheap, uncomplicated and quite a lot of fun to make. Here’s what I learned and how you can try out your own…
I LOVE MY BRICK
