“I have been going a bit nuts trying to find a bulk supplier of Scoria nearby. I was recently reading in an article that the area I live in has large deposits of basaltic scoria; like the biggest in the USA. So I decided to go out and look for it. I didn’t have to go further than my back yard before I noticed this stuff within every foot or so.
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Augers for Moving Fill Materials
One possibility for raising soil and other types of fill material higher on walls is with an auger. The photo above shows a grain auger, which may or may not be sufficiently robust for augering moist, heavy soil, but you can see the general concept. This idea may only be worthwhile on large projects and/or … Read more
Road Base: My #1 Choice for Bag Fill Material
Road base is a mixture of clay and gravel used in road building throughout the world. As an engineered material designed to withstand extreme loads (trucks and cars), you are assured of good working properties for earthbag building. While site based soils are less expensive and require less transport, the working properties are unknown and … Read more