Cob: Re: where to get clay and straw

[Ric Allan]

As the books say...   make sure you sample several locations (paying
attention to the better advice others passed on).


-----Original Message-----
From: Theodore Schluenderfritz <ted at fidelitas.org>
To: Ric Allan <ric at mx5.net>
Cc: coblist at deatech.com <coblist at deatech.com>
Date: Saturday, April 13, 2002 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Cob: Re: where to get clay and straw


>thanks to all who gave suggestions.
>
>I'm in North East PA
>
>I took the sample at the surface (below the grass) 1 foot down and about
>2 feet down
>
>the first test I got a very thin layer of greyish clay
>
>I thought, I'll dig deeper and get more, nope...nothing but fine black
>sand (?) and silt.
>
>Ted
>
>On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 06:35  PM, Ric Allan wrote:
>
>> How deep did you go to take the sample???
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Theodore Schluenderfritz <ted at fidelitas.org>
>> To: coblist at deatech.com <coblist at deatech.com>
>> Date: Saturday, April 13, 2002 11:51 AM
>> Subject: Cob: where to get clay and straw
>>
>>
>>> gonna start on a small cob project this spring,
>>>
>>> tested my soil and it looks like it doesn't have any clay...mostly
>>> silt.
>>>
>>> any ideas where to get clay and straw?
>>>
>>> (sorry to be such a city kid, but that's what I am...Milk comes from
>>> the
>>> grocery store...what's a cow?)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ted
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>Theodore Schluenderfritz
>Illustration & Graphic Design
>816 12th Avenue, Scranton, PA 18504
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>