Cob houses are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, where it makes sense to do so. These states make it easy ...

This year they will begin to build a larger house of straw bales and cob on the site. The house is simply very comfortable, both in mood and materials. Maintenance is minimal and inexpensive.

The team also considered straw-bale building, but that wasn't feasible. One of the contractors, Gene Power, deserves the credit for suggesting cob in the first place. The Globe and Mail noted that ...