Re: Natural raised beds

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• From: margaret lauterbach mlaute@micron.net>
• Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 10:01:52 -0600
• In-Reply-To: Pine.GSO.4.21.0005011915020.13288-100000@kirk.dnaco.net>

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On the subject of adobe, I'd like to add parenthetical information that I
find interesting. Apparently some of the history of crops such as maize is
due to biohistorians' (or whatever they call themselves) pricking out seed
heads from dated adobe. Wheat in 1100 A.D.? Uno momento...Margaret L

At 07:26 PM 5/1/2000 -0400, you wrote:
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>Olin writes:
>> A clayey soil, straw and water mix does not make adobe.  . . .
>> There is a bit more to ADOBE making than simply mixing clay, straw
>> and water and letting it dry in the sun.  We have many very old adobe
>> block houses in Phoenix
>
>What more is there?
>
>I've never made adobe, but my recollection is that that's all there is
>to it.  The web pages I can dig up seem to agree.  (Of course, as you
>point out, not just *any* clayey soil will do.)
>
>There are several-hundred-year-old adobe houses in Sky City, I believe.
>
>Still, adobe doesn't stand up well to running water.
>
>> What works or doesn't work for some people doesn't necessarily mean it will
>> apply to you depending on your circumstance.
>
>Bravo.  I agree completely; EPID, for "every person is different", is a
>frequent refrain on another mailing list I'm on.
>
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