Re: SB: stuffin' earth bags during Holy Week

[Athena and Bill Steen <absteen@dakotacom.net>]

Hey Matt,

I don't know if this detail is in there as someone who had read it wasn't
doing it.  Get the small bags first of all, turn then inside out so that you
avoid the corners sticking out at the bottom.  In the first coarse, I might
encourage you to put a heavy dose of cement just to keep gophers, ground
squirrels and the like out of it.  Pack all your joints first before you
start plastering as you would with bales.  And for now, that's about all
that I can think of.  We've got a rather nice sandbox built here at home out
of them with a bench included.  If you feel like stopping by sometime to
have a look, let me know.

Bill

> From: Matt Federoff <federoffm@vail.k12.az.us>
> Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 09:58:06 -0700
> To: strawbale@crest.org
> Subject: SB: stuffin' earth bags during Holy Week
> 
> Hi All!
> 
> somewhat tangential, but not really.
> 
> If you are at all interested in earthbag construction, I will be
> building an earthbag wall around the play yard at my house in Vail,
> Arizona. Stuffing thousands of bags with dirt somehow seems like a
> very appropriate Lenten activity....
> 
> It will take me a few months to finish (being nearly 200' long)..but
> I will be working on it all next week. If you want to come see what
> this is like, and help me out, you are more than welcome to do so.
> 
> This is NOT a workshop, I'll be trying to figure it out myself. But
> I'll feed you if you come out, and we'll laugh and giggle and enjoy
> ourselves while self-teaching.
> 
> And you could check out our s-b house as well...might be mildly
> interesting to some..;)
> 
> btw...I have been reading the Earthbag book, very nice and very
> informative. I enjoyed it greatly,  Paulina Wojciechowska (like
> fellow Pole Karol Wojtyla) has written a great book. I highly
> recommend it.
> 
> Peace,
> Matt
> 
> 520-762-0469
> 
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