３月も２週目に入ってやっとアースオーブンの製作に取りかかった。

やる事づくめの我が家の開拓は少しづつしか進まないけど窯があれば近所の方々との交流も深まるし、訪ねて来て頂く方々も自分達も楽しめる最高のアイテムだから作ります。

It was the second week of March. We started making our Earthoven.

Well we have so many work to be done but maybe the earthoven was needed. We can welcome our guest well and inviting neighbours. And most of all we love pizza right from the oven!!!

前回は住んでいたシェアハウスで資金提供があったのでお金おかけて大きめのものを作ったけど、今回はできる限りここで手に入るものでやりくりするのを優先する。

昔作ったアースオーブンの記事はこちら。

We made one before at our previous share house in Tokyo. The company paid the bill and the residents made it with my lead. But this time I’d love to make one with materials from our land.

These are the first earthoven articles.

ここの土地は粘土質、竹や笹の根が縦横無尽に走る25cm位までの地層の下は粘土。元々水溜めだった場所の横を掘り軽く不純物を取り除きブルーシートの上に。

Around here is all clayey. Down till 25cm are nets of bamboo roots then all clayey after that. We dug right next to the pool and took some stuff out of the clay. Then put them together on the sheet.



掘ってたらセミの幼虫が出てきた、ごめんねまだ早いよね～

A cicada was too early to come out. Sorry~

次は冬眠中のトカゲさん。まだ眠いよね～

Geko was still sleepy. Go back to sleep~



作業に戻って渓に一週間前に切ってもらった藁を…

Kei chopped straw a week before. Finally we could use them.

パラパラと少量を入れて引き続き踏みふみすれば～、仕込みは終了！因みに藁の分量は適当、この藁入り練り粘土をベースに籾殻、追加藁、砂を配分して各パーツに使う予定。ここで入れた藁は粘土の繋ぎ役、ひび割れ防止です。

Adding a little bit of chopped straw into the kneaded clay and kneaded again. The straw binds clay well especially when they get dry. This is the base cob, I’ll add chaff, more straw and sand separately for each parts.

空気を抜いて嫌気発酵～したいとこなんだけど、窯が出来る前からピザの予定を入れたので発酵まで至れないけどしょうがない。ブルーシートに包んでお休みなさーい。

Squeezed air out and anaerobic fermentation…I’d like to wait for at least two weeks. But this time I scheduled a pizza party before even this so I gotta make it… Well until then good night.