[Greenbuilding] Dog Hair and Salt

Frank Cetera alchemicalfranklen at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 12:57:18 CST 2011


Michael, now I know another use for my shaggy dog's hair after his quarterly
cuts! Though maybe it is not course enough?

Kenn, salt is a good idea.  In fact, I just learned about salt's hardening
property when my girlfriend was preparing an activity for her after-school
kids program, by mixing a basic dough with lots of salt and then baking
rock-hard beads for painting and jewelry making.

~Frank Cetera
www.alchemicalnursery.org


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> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 08:31:01 -0800
> From: "Michael O'Brien" <obrien at hevanet.com>
> To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Sprouting Floor?
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> Hi, Frank--
>
> We built a cob wall inside our house and the straw sprouted green shoots
> for a week or so. I assume it was the moisture and clay that allowed the
> seeds to sprout.
>
> I love Andy Goldsworthy's work and learned from his clay walls that people
> have used a variety of additives to give clay tensile strength, including
> pig hair and human hair. I prefer straw and shoots myself!
>
> Best,
>
> Mike O'Brien
>
> On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Frank Cetera wrote:
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> > Any more details?  Would love to know if they figured out why the grass
> sprouted.  Has this happened to anyone else?
> >
> > ~Frank Cetera
> > www.alchemicalnursery.org
> >
> >
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:06:13 -0600
> From: "kenn brown" <kenn2536 at centurylink.net>
> To: "'Green Building'" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Sprouting Floor?
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> I just had an idea. You could use salt that you feed livestock, mix it into
> the mud that you put into the wall. It will dissolve temporarily into the
> wall then dry rock hard, and will not sustain insects, plant growth or
> insects. My borate is labeled for pest control.. It doesn't matter to a do
> it yourselfer.
>
> Kenn Brown
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