[Greenbuilding] bovine booster

[Gennaro Brooks-Church]

I think the choice of cow dung vs horse manure is also a geographic one. In
India cow dung is abundant and they use it for walls, floors and firewood.
It works really well. I on the other hand don't live near any cows here in
Brooklyn. There is a horse stable down the road. We are working on an
earthen floor and horse manure is a major ingredient. Horse hair too. Human
hair too - lots of hair salons here in NY! How about that for local green
building - NY green builders using human hair because is the
most readily available.

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:22 PM, RT <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:

>
> natural building wrote:
>
>> materials such as cow manure have been used for centuries to increase the
>>>> strength and durability of clay plasters.
>>>>
>>>
> Clark wrote:
>
>> You're not, um, bullshiting us on this, are you?
>>>
>>
> Gennaro wrote:
>
>> No bullshit. Horse manure too.
>>
>
> I looked in on the GB List archive because I've not been receiving messages
> in my email for a week or more and was curious to see what's been flying
> about... and I found this "poo" thread and the "Stubby driving" thread.
>
> Needless to say, I immediately carried out the hoodoovoodoomumbojumbo
> ritual thanking the CyberGremlins for messing up my GB List email reception
> for the past while.
>
> That being said, I think that it would be useful to mention to Wannabe Poo
> Enthusiasts (WannaPE's) that the plaster-enhancing properties ( I wouldn't
> describe them as being "strength and durability" so much) of bovine manure
> are *NOT* the same as those provided by equine manure.
>
> Anyone who has flung dung (ie cow patties, horse chestnuts, deer nuggets,
> bear torpedos etc) could have attested to this even without having ever
> hoisted a handful of an earthen plaster.
>
> Reason for the difference between bovine and equine poo properties ?
> Ruminate on it for a spell and I'm sure you'll come up with the answer
> y'self.
>
> And for those aspiring NaturalPlasterers who find this talk about animal
> excrement as admixtures less than appealing, you might want to have a look
> at what the juice from the prickly pear cactus has to offer.
>
> --
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