Cob Re: What's in a name

[Patrick Newberry]

I've been working with "superadobe" for about 9 months now and in all 
honesty, I really don't like the name superadobe. 

soooooo

I started trying to think of another name to coin. 

I mean in reality it's closer to rammed earth than anything else.
You take sand and clay (I sometimes add straw, but not much)
The soil is damp as per rammed earth then pounded as per rammed 
earth. The exception is you don't build form (except for arches and 
vaults) The Bags are the forms. Now because you have a bit more 
freedom I came up the a term and thought I see what you all thought 
of it. 

Free Form Rammed Earth or 
(check this out)
FFRE


Hey it raining out side and I didn't have anything better to think 
up.

Pat
Mauk 
http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk