Cob COVER MY CLAY OR NOT??? (fwd)

[Patrick Newberry]

Luke:
 I have noticed the shrinking on my clay piles as well, but not the 
1/3 volume you have indicated. It during heavy rains it won't hurt to 
cover it. I like it when it rains gently and keep the mixture  moist 
so I don't have to add water. Part of that 1/3 might be compression 
combined with some washing away. Plus my "mixture" is only about 30 
percent clay with the rest being sand thus the may have helped keep 
it from washing away as rapidly vs pure sand. 

So cover during heavy rains but try to keep the pile moist.

Pat
Mauk,
http://www.gnat.net/~goshawk





> Date:          Mon, 1 Jun 1998 02:00:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From:          LUKE STANSON <luketheeduke at hotmail.com>
> To:            coblist at deatech.com
> Subject:       Cob COVER MY CLAY OR NOT??? (fwd)
> Reply-to:      coblist at deatech.com

> 
> I have 200 yards of a pretty gray and sticky clay for my hopeful future 
> cob home.  I have covered it in fears of the rains washing it away.  It 
> seems that if it drys out--- then get wet, it turns to mush and seems to 
> be shinking away. It now looks to be about 2/3rds the size.  Should I 
> cover my clay of not???
> 
> Thanks in advance! Your friend Luke.
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