Hi everyone. We are on farm outside Uniondale, Little Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa. We, my wife, daughter, son and daughter in law have been living here Off The Grid for 8 years. Our house is built using, Cob, Strawbales, Rock and Mesh, Cordwood, Adobe Bricks and Wattle n Daub. I hold bi annual workshops here on the farm to enable students to learn the process and to earn a bit of a' income. We grow our own vegetables and have fruit trees. All organic.

In preparation for big projects(I want to build a toilet structure next, and then a house) I built a cob greenhouse wall along with a simple cob garden wall (both have lime plaster on them for longevity). One wall I left unplastered just to see what would happen to it over time. So far they've weathered freezing temps, snow, ice, wind, storms, etc. Nothing much has happened :) Would like to get some more experience/ideas for optimal structural integrity-preferably with raw wood rounds, recycled material, etc. I snagged these windows on the greenhouse for free but they are quite old and not fit for a livable structure.

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