permaculture

[rick valley <bamboogrove@cmug.com>]

>If you cure bamboo, then is it not preserved? What is the difference between
>curing and preserving? How do you cure without electricity? how do you build
>a smokehouse?
curing or seasoning, means to dry and stabilize, ie both for building and
say, crafting a flute, a very critical example. Preserving is maybe or maybe
not an added step to increase rot resistance, and has been done with nasties
like pentachlorophenol "we had one worker who died- he wouldn't use the
protective gear" You can cure with immersion in water, long drying in stabile
conditions- shade, no wild humidity swings, or "flame" the bamboo over gas or
charcoal (healthier than wood) fire. You build a smokehouse anyway ya wanna,
as long as you follow the relavant laws of physics, like heat rises.
-R

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