<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi, Frank--<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Mike O'Brien</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 12, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Frank Cetera wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Any more details? Would love to know if they figured out why the grass sprouted. Has this happened to anyone else?<div><br></div><div>~Frank Cetera</div><div><a href="http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/">www.alchemicalnursery.org</a> <br>
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:16:51 -0600<br>
From: "Doug Kalmer" <<a href="mailto:dougkalmer@gmail.com">dougkalmer@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: <<a href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>><br>
Subject: [Greenbuilding] earthen floor<br>
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I know of a local "eco-architect" who built a SB house for a guy, and made a earthen floor from local clay. It sprouted grass. Doug<br>
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:31:50 -0500<br>
From: Frank Cetera <<a href="mailto:alchemicalfranklen@gmail.com">alchemicalfranklen@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] That Natural Feeling<br>
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Love your website and your work philosophy Gennaro. The earthen floor photo<br>
essay was interesting, as I am planning on putting in an earthen floor in<br>
the kitchen of a home I am renovating this coming summer.<br>
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I wanted to ask for further examples of how you plan on counteracting the<br>
need for new building materials when you do your work as you say one of your<br>
goals is zero new materials.<br>
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How for instance would you insulate an attic? Or fulfill modern codes<br>
relating to foundation work or electrical work? Or is the zero new<br>
materials idea more of an ideal than a reality?<br>
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~ Frank Cetera<br>
<a href="http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/" target="_blank">www.alchemicalnursery.org</a><br>
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