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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Beware enterprises requiring new jig saws
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:24:31 -0700


Typo, that upright slab was 6" wide and four FEET high.

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On 1/21/2008 at 1:18 PM TradingPostPaul wrote:

>There's a lot of engineering work with soil cement mixes for structural
>applications. One site
>http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/poured_earth.htm . I've experimented with
>10% Portland, 90% dirt for 4" sidewalk slab and upright 6" wide and 4"
high
>slab on the ground, and they looked unfazed by weather after several
>months. I added enough water to the mix to allow mixing with a hoe in a
>wheelbarrow and pouring into a mold. You could scratch it with a nail but
>it doesn't crack or crumble. Next time I will definitely get a mixer tho.
>
>paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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>On 1/21/2008 at 10:05 AM Norma Sutton wrote:
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>>Mind telling me about that Paul. That's a new one to me.
>>Norma
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>>On 1/20/08, TradingPostPaul <tradingpost@riseup.net> wrote:
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>>> There's also soil cement tho it wouldn't be suited for very large bed
>>> arrangements. I've used it before. Pretty permanent stuff and low
cost.
>>>
>>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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