There’s something deeply satisfying about cooking with fire in an oven build with your own hands – not to mention the yummy food. It’s easier than you might think. Here’s how
By Sarah Heeringa
What you will need
- Gravel, less than 1/4 square meter
- Base fill (broken bricks or concrete blocks) using as many recycled and free materials as possible
- Sand, 1/4-1/2 square metres
- Rocks/bricks or concrete blocks
- Wine bottles, 12 or more
- Cement powder, approx 1.2 bag
- Clay, approx 100kg
- Fire bricks, about 1 dozen
- Straw, 1/2 bag, chopped with scissors or lawn mower
- Several dried cow pats, chopped (optional)
- Tarpaulin
- Wheelbarrow
- Spades
- Spirit level
- Gloves
- Cardboard, about A2 in size
- Labourers (in this case, four kids aged 6-15 years)
