Cob: Re: Which straw?

[Sojourner]

Rosemary Lyndall Wemm wrote:
> 

> Another idea worth considering is using manure from grass-eating animals as
> a binder in the bricks.  It's rather smelly, but it's used quite
> successfully in this way in some Middle Eastern countries.

Shouldn't smell much once its dried.

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