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I live in sunny Florida. The extreme heat in the summers is yet another reason we are interested in building a cob home as they offer great insulation. It will probably be a while before we're ready to actually build (seeing as how we don't even have property yet lol) but I will definitely...

:P straw, sorry! Lol I guess that just shows how very little I know about "farm life." But I'm ready to learn! The pictures of cob homes I've seen are absolutely beautiful and they really give you the creative freedom to make your home into whatever you want it to be.

I don't know exactly what you mean by straw home. From what I've read the "cob" material is made from a mixture of clay, dirt, and straw. I've heard both of people insulating the walls with bales of hay and of just using the cob material without the bales of hay. I'm not sure which is best...

Hi everyone! I'm new to this site, discovered it while on backyardchickens.com. My fiance and I are currently renting half of a duplex in town, keeping our fingers crossed that our back yard chickens don't get discovered as we're not zoned for them, and dreaming of owning land... We plan on...