Natural Building
I like the idea of building with earth. Such things as flexible form rammed earth (aka Superadobe) and cob (warning—authoress is a New Age loon) are fascinating to me. For one thing, working in mud and clay offers much more exciting possibilities than a traditional wood-and-steel framing. For another, it’d just be so cool to build a house (or even just an out-building). Of course, the downside is that such homes probably have almost no resale value—but if one plans to live there for many years than it probably doesn’t matter much, and they’re so cheap that resale value’s really not all that important.
Maybe someday I’ll have a piece of land I can play with!
