Ten young people from the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps recently descended upon Yestermorrow as part of the perfect barter arrangement. They were seeking cob building skills, Yestermorrow was seeking laborers to help finish a cob garden wall. Five days later and voila: the cob wall is much closer to completion, and the VYCC'ers are now cob-...
Ever wonder why Yestermorrow evolved in Vermont and not somewhere else? Part of that question is answered in the video below. The short clip shows that Vermont is a veritable hotbed for sustainability. We rock in that regard, but the good news is that we also wish that we could export this valuable commodity as far and as fast as possible. So...
This just in from Certificate in Sustainable Building and Design student Stacey Corbin: "I thought you might enjoy these pictures from this past weekend at Yestermorrow.Beatrix Holloway took the Intro to Cob class with Tim and Andy earlier this month. This past weekend she drove her entire family back to Yestermorrow to volunteer on the garden...
During the summer of 2006 I decided to begin investigating the home building process. I had a nice, sunny building spot that was ready to go and needed to look at all of the different ways I might transform this piece of land into a place to call home.I'm the bookkeeper at Yestermorrow, so this has given me a great opportunity to talk with...
