UPDATES: After building this traditional earthbag root cellar, we learned about a new building technique called HyperAdobe. It gives similar results, but with WAY less work and is more structurally sound.
If you're interested in building with earthbag, be sure to go check out our Hyperadobe Test Home series. https://youtu.be/WXmEQCqyNMY
🏠🔨👛 Information on where to purchase bags for your earthbag home here: TerraformTogether.org/Bags/ _______
One of the first major projects we undertook when we moved onto our property was building out a root cellar for our community. This would provide a temperature-controlled environment for produce and food for our community.
The project took over a year to totally complete, was done with entirely volunteer labor, and included around 1,400 hand-sifited, packed, and tamped bags.
The total budget for the project was around $2,000.
We learned so much from this build and this was the first step in dialing in our earthbag building technique.
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