[Cob] Straw's Out. How About Palm Leaves?

[Dognyard]

I think anything that has long, tough fibers that is tradionally used to
weave for baskets/rope/clothing/mats/carpet should work fine. Does
anyone know specifically what "seagrass" is? That is used to make
carpets...maybe with a little digging you can find some source for that.

Straw is nice because it's cheap, you can get it in bulk and it's not as
labor intensive as some other forms of useable fibers...but any tough,
fibrous plant material should do...shouldn't it? The key being that the
fibers don't easily break down.

If you had access to coconut husks, hemp, or other tough plant material,
maybe you could run them through a crusher or shredder of some kind to
cut down on labor?

Karen in Alberta