Cob: Horse Manure

[Shannon C. Dealy]

[snip]
> I hadn't previously (that I can recall) heard of anyone deliberately
> adding horse manure to cob (though from my experience with plasters I
> don't doubt it could be used to improve the mix), but for what it's
[snip]

I think (based on some of the responses) as well as reading what I wrote
(always a mistake :-) I wasn't clear enough here.  What I meant is that I
haven't seen anyone adding manure (horse or otherwise) to a conventional
cob mix used for structural purposes (walls, benches, ovens, sculptures,
etc.).  The use of dried manure as an additive to cob based plastering
mixes is of course quite common, usually greatly improves the quality of
the plaster, and something I have even done myself.

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