Sundog School of Natural Building

07/16/2023

I've recently arrived home from 6 months of chemotherapy and its way past time to clean and freshen up my little dwelling. Everything got moved into the yard (except the bedframe), the place is getting a serious scrubbing, some paint touchup and TLC.

Thanks to everyone I know, everyone in my community and a lot of folks I've never met. Through your support and love, I'm alive and greatful today.

06/12/2023

Happy birthday to our beloved Kirk Donkey Mobert!! Thank you for all you are and all you do, we're so very very very glad to share this life with you!!!

06/11/2023

Cleaning up the kitchen. Fresh paint job, one wall down!

02/18/2023

Polished clay ball. Clay from the site where Kirk is working thru chemotherapy. He's halfway thru protocol and hanging in there 🙏🏼
He sends his love, and is so incredibly grateful for everyone's support, thank you

11/29/2022

Hi all, Our dear friend and community member Kirk Mobert, a.k.a “Do… Erin Kirchner needs your support for Help Kirk "Donkey" Mobert with medical expenses

11/28/2022

10/04/2020

Tiny Rocket Mass Heater in a tiny cob cottage. Build progression and a fire at the end.
This stove has a 4 inch (10.16 cm) combustion unit. During the initial burn test, in a wet stove, it went from cold start to smokeless in less than 5 minutes.

09/27/2020

Tiny Rocket Mass Heater in a small cob Cottage. Built in 3 days from reused soft red-brick and cob. We bought new stove pipe, otherwise everything in this stove was acquired or made for free.

09/26/2020

Rough mockup of a tiny Rocket Mass Heater, inside of a cob cottage.

03/16/2020

Making hotsauce from scratch.
Onion, habanero, tomatillo, garlic, sunflower seed, apple cider vinegar, some Bragg's amino for salty and a dash of ume plum vinegar. Blend till smooth!

03/08/2020

https://youtu.be/9NTm2PZ04iA

Wally Wallington of Flint Michigan inspired this toolset. Movable pivoting stands with counterweights. Shift the weight to either end to rotate on each stand...

02/10/2020

"Wallys", named after Wally Wallington of Flint Michigan.
Using balance to rotate and move heavy stuff, with very little effort.

08/31/2019

Making charcoal for my forge

08/24/2019

In this continuation of the series of regenerative building and design, I checked in with a good friend of mine and a hero in the rocket stove and masonry heater sphere. Kirk Mobert, more commonly known as Donkey, is the founder of the Sundog school of natural building in northern California and has

06/23/2019

Old growth redwood respectfully harvested from a downed, ancient mossback log. She sat on the forest floor for around 70 years, estimated at about 900 years old when cut. Measured at 44 inches across.
This piece will make the coolest threshold ever for a beautiful little earth home.

06/20/2019

Sharpening day

04/15/2019

Rocket Stove water heater. Got thermal images of the thing running, with some temperature measurements. It's still wet, so everything is going to change as it dries.