I've been gearing up to house volunteers. I'm also planning on bringing in a
track hoe
this spring to build swales, terraces and some ponds.
I thought it would be cool to take a couple of hours and dig a pit in the
side of a hill
to make a hobbit home. As my mind winds through the details of such a
venture, I keep
coming back to some primary problems: the means to maintain the roof and
walls.
I would think that the structure would need to have a round door for the
entrance and the
room would be round ... a sort of dome. Maybe ten feet in diameter.
Cob seems to be called for. But there is a need to hold the roof up.
For materials, I have logs, sand , clay, straw ... I could spend a little ...