Re: [Strawbale] GREB

[Peter van Balen <peter@tentotwo...>]

Seeing that you mailed from a French email address, and because I  
haven't found anything in English for you (yet), here are some French  
links:

http://compaillons.naturalforum.net/technique-du-greb-f27/methode-greb-t727.htm
http://approchepaille.forumactif.fr/forum.htm


On 9 janv. 09, at 19:37, Philip Makin wrote:

> Hi to you all !
> We want to built a small staw bales house with the GREB - method  
> (Evented in
> La Baie (Quebec in about 1994).
> If somebody has already built according to this method, please let  
> us know.
> We are eager to learn about your experiences.
> Thanks in advance.
> Helga and Philip
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "peter van balen" <peter@tentotwo...>
> To: <strawbale@amper....muni.cz>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 9:20 PM
> Subject: [Strawbale] Re: psocids
>
>
> > Rob,
> >
> > Thanks for that link - I had a look at it and I'm pretty sure they  
> > are
> > psocids (plus the odd plaster beetle, typeD: sylvanus bidentatus).
> > But I'm still puzzled, though not overly worried, why they are  
> > there when
> > the bales haven't been plastered yet, have been stored dry and well- 
> > aired.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:44:21 -0400
> > From: "Rob Tom" <ArchiLogic@yahoo...>
> > Subject: [Strawbale] Re: psocids
> > To: "European strawbale building discussions"
> > <strawbale@amper....muni.cz>
> > Cc: SB Yahoos <SB-r-us@yahoogroups...>
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> > On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:54:56 -0400, peter van balen <peter@tentotwo... 
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > So I remain a bit puzzled (maybe they're not psocids?)
> >
> > Peter;
> >
> > If you've not already had a look at the "Bugs In Wet Conditions" file
> > stored as SB-r-Us, you might want to. It will have images of the  
> > various
> > critters that appear in human environments when there are amenable
> > elevated moisture levels and contains discussion about each.
> >
> > When trying to capture the images of little critters whose size may  
> > only
> > be 1.5 - 3 mm in size, it sometimes is more effective to use a  
> > scanner
> > rather than a camera.
> >
> > What I've often done is *gently* sandwich the little critters between
> > pieces of acetate (or similar thin, hard, clear plastic), taping  
> > the edges
> > if necessary to prevent their escape and then place the bug  
> > sandwich onto
> > the platen of the scanner, juxtaposed with a scale and covering  
> > with a
> > sheet of white paper --and then scan both sides at the highest  
> > resolution
> > setting possible.
> >
> > If you end up with good quality "mug shots" of your as-yet
> > unidentified/questionable-identity bugs, I'd be happy to include  
> > them in
> > the file for future reference.
> >
> > Good quality images always make identification easier.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > === * ===
> > Rob Tom
> > Kanata, Ontario, Canada
> > < A r c h i L o g i c  at chaffY a h o o  dot  c a >
> > manually winnow the chaff from my edress in your reply
> >
> >
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