[Cob] exterior earth floor?

[Shannon Dealy]

On Sat, 26 May 2007, pirate king wrote:

> I'm looking for a solution for the floor of the patio to the south of
> our cob cabin in northern Spain. The compacted clay subsoil is sticky
> and muddy when it rains, so I laid down some sandy gravel, but that's
> not ideal either - it's dusty and not very comfortable, especially in
> bare feet. Paving stones have been proposed but I am wondering if there
> is some way of doing an exterior earth floor that would be more
> resilient and flexible than stone, but which wouldn't be either dusty or
> muddy. Any ideas?

There was some discussion of psyllium in floors and outdoor pathways on 
the coblist a few years ago, this web page also gives a little specific 
information, though there may be much better web pages out there for 
someone with the time to look further:

    http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/MEMBGNewsletter/Volume5number1/Metamucilunderfoot.html

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