I know, it must have been so wonderful, being surrounded with people who understood how things work together. And I'm sure that wasn't even that long ago. Back in Hungary I also heard lots of stories of how "back in the day" (like two generations ago) they used their hogs to manage woodlands, and their cows to clean the banks of the stream. And today? The idiots chop down the cherry trees because: 1. It stands on a plot of land that "don't belong to no one", 2. "them cherries are just way too high up there" 3. "what do I care about next year anyhow?" - So sad.

Another thing I was gonna ask you: Is there a good book on cob building that you can recommend? Maybe from that huge library of yours on LBRY?