[Greenbuilding] bovine booster

[RT]

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.

-- 
=== * ===
Rob Tom
( a prick-ly, expert BS-forker/flinger from way-back)
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
< A r c h i L o g i c  at  Y a h o o  dot  c a >
manually winnow the chaff from my edress if you hit "reply"
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com