pahanna barineau

after where i have been i question many with my judgements, at 59 yrs what the hell as long as it can be helpful in the long run, intentional community is a terminology that implies other communities are unintentional even if they have a community center, don't lose logic in terminology is what i am saying here with my little mind that has lived in a intentional community, science aint money and money greases science, sorry a little emotional right now

a AIM friend told me the ones they are talkin about (badmouthin) is the ones you should talk to

i think perhaps Brian is referring to the plant ricin is made from being the creosote bush? i have made and drank walnut hull tea for parasite and fungus issues, it does not taste good however, i was raised in a house built in the 1920's and about 1 foot from the ground on the backside, i remember twice when i was a kid in the 1950's waking up and the floor being covered with termites and my mom vacuuming them up

Holly that would depend on several issues like what color roof, tree shading, windows getting sunlight,how much ceiling insulation, wall insulation, etc., ground temp. is pretty constant yeppers

perimeter insulation only, sorry 4 miscommuncation, like they say a picture is worth a thousand words, hense blueprints

i was fortunate to meet a couple who built a adobe house in West Virginia, they raised 3 kids in it and 30 years later are still happy with it, adobe floor included, there is a arguement in the passive solar arena about insulating under floor or not, it is my opinion not to as ground temp can help in cooling and heating, a perimeter insulation being blueboard or like dug in with a mattock 1 foot or more is good, to clarify the terminology(adobe),the man told me he made block with a form 18"x 30"x8", he said it about wore his ass out

from my experimentation with cob in regards to insulation i call it fair as a insulator and fair as a heat storage medium, once the cob or mud is fired into a brick it becomes excellent as heat storage and poor as a insulator, this can be tested by putting brick on one side of a hot stove and cob (dried) on the other, the heat will penetrate the brick and not the cob

the nylon fiber that is commonly used anymore rather than 6"'x'6" wire mat was developed by a friends AF General as a quick way to pour runways on fairly swampy ground