Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com>]

I forgot that I was in a home in El Salvador that had a rammed [packed] earth floor. 

 

In California they build rammed earth homes putting up a form and using frontend loaders to  put the mix in the form and then pack it.  Beautiful homes.

From my Appropriate Technology for Villages:

1. Soil-cement bricks/roof tiles:  Made by mixing soil with cement and adding water.  The mix is put into a press. The press cost US$150 in most countries.  They are cured and equal to a fired brick.  Contact the appropriate technology NGO in your country.  http://www2.unam.na/pdf/RevSTFocus/Part-3of3.PDF
2. Soil-cement floors:  Cement is mixed into the soil, wet and packed down.  Equal to a concrete floor.
3. Soil-cement paths & roads:  Cement is mixed with soil, wet and packed.

Ken

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