Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Andeanfx" <andeanfx@midrivers.com>]

I am on a forum, actually a quite good one and the guy is a very strong 
advocate for doing everything possible in place so it does not have to be 
redone.  I think has name is Paul, anyone here know of  him????  hehehe

As usual you are correct.  My comment was mostly conversational,  but it has 
me thinking about using the soil cement in conjunction with the Insulated 
Concrete Forms (ICF), the styrofoam forms that remain in place for 
insulation after the walls are poured.  I am still not completely at ease 
with off-gassing of the foam.  Any comments from anyone?  Dean

Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. -- Benjamin Franklin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised bed material


> Soil cement is easier in molds than moving blocks around after they set 
> up.
> That's double the work.
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
> Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
> streets after them.
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>
> On 5/7/2009 at 9:45 PM Andeanfx wrote:
>
> > Paul, sounds like the same proportions except being thinner.  The thinker
> > mix is often extruded into blocks which are immediately laid with some
> > additional water to help them stick together.  Dean
> >
> > Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. -- Benjamin
> > Franklin
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
> > To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:13 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] raised bed material
> >
> >
> > > Actually it's a wet, pourable mix of about one part Portland to ten
> parts
> > > ordinary dirt, not too sandy or too clay, no organic debris in it. It
> > sets
> > > up like concrete and it's rigid and fairly strong, but you can scratch
> > it.
> > > You don't ram it, just pour into a mold. It ends up white. I've
> > > experimented with it. It'll make sidewalks too.
> > >
> > > paul tradingpost@lobo.net
> > >
> > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> > >
> > > On 5/5/2009 at 12:42 AM Andeanfx wrote:
> > >
> > > > Not that I really have the energy as chronologically I am a bit younger
> > > > than
> > > > you but physiologically is a different story but by soil cement are you
> > > > referring to a mix of sandy soil and Portland cement such as used in
> > > > rammed
> > > > earth housing?  Dean
> > > >
> > > > Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices. -- Benjamin
> > > > Franklin
>
>
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