Following the success of last year’s cob oven building course, we have decided to hold similar courses on the meadow during this year too.
I have always liked the idea of being able to mow areas of the meadow myself. The thought of spending a day outdoors, getting to know the meadow and listening to the birdsong around me sounds like heaven. I even have a scythe, but I have absolutely no idea what I am doing, so this is where I thought we would start.
It has been far too long since I last updated the blog. My only excuse is that the campsite has been really busy just lately, which is fantastic! We have just about had time to work on the pizza oven though so I thought I would share the latest developments with you.
After four long weeks of waiting, and constant checking, we have finally found the courage to take the sand former out of the oven! The cob now makes a satisfying hollow sound when you knock on it so we figured it must be dry, surely? During the four weeks we have repaired a small collapse at the entrance to the oven and finished off the clay render around the base.
It is now just two weeks before we open our doors to an enthusiastic group of pizza oven course participants. So on Saturday we thought it was about time we got round to making the base that our oven will sit on.
Neel and I tend to work on the principal that if it is lying around the farm it will get worked in to the design somewhere. And so true to form, our ‘ingredients’ list ended up consisting of ……..
