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Beehive (Cob) Oven: A Roof Overhead
The last piece to the Fort’s Beehive Oven is a cover. We weighed the various options and decided to go with a single slant roof elevated several feet over the oven. Of course it took a “design team,” “framer,” rough … Continue reading
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Between Baking and Building: The Journey of a Beehive (Cob) Oven
Before one can use a cob oven (cob meaning earth or in this instance clay, sand, water and a smattering of straw) there is the necessary–and often long–drying period. The cob needs to dry (outside and inside) and harden, forming … Continue reading
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Rebuilding a Beehive (Cob or Bake) Oven
The first weekend of May began with our Beehive Oven Workshop. Ed Murphy, leading the workshop was anxious to get things underway. First folks sieved the clay to remove any stray bits, then sand and water were mixed with the … Continue reading
Building a Beehive (Cob or Bake) Oven: Take Down
Some times repair work requires a little dis-assembly. In the case of the fort’s well-loved beehive bake oven, almost everything, roof, oven, oven base, had to be taken apart so that we might start anew. The roof came off easily, … Continue reading
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Building a Beehive (Cob) Oven: The Fort’s Community Oven
The fort’s community oven (beehive) has served the fort for more than two decades. After so many years of hard service, our oven is ready for major repairs. While we make plans to work on our oven, we thought that … Continue reading
Building a Beehive Oven (Cob or Outdoor Bread Oven): Research
While doing some research in preparation for our upcoming beehive (cob) oven rebuild we came across some interesting materials. Among these, from the Canadian Museum of Civilization, is the Book The Bread Ovens of Quebec (BOILY, Lise, and Jean-François Blanchette. … Continue reading
Building a Beehive Oven (Cob or Outdoor Bread Oven)
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