Cob: Clay or silt?

Sat Nov 9 01:42:59 PST 2002

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Sounds like that grey stuff has a lot of silt.  I was fooled by silt, =
too.  It was so sticky (on shoes, tires, etc.) it 'had' to be clay but =
it made crumbly bricks even with lots of straw.  Bad stuff.  Easily =
eroded.  Good clay will dry nice & hard even in a thin block.

Joy

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