[Strawbale] oak and wood drying

[Chris Green]

Rob Tom wrote:
> That is to say, after shedding all that Blood, Sweat and Tears to convert
> Trees into House, they watched in horror as their green wood handiwork  
> shrank, split, warped, twisted and otherwise self-destructed into not much  
> more than a heap of kindling stock and there was nothing they could do to  
> prevent it from doing so.
>   
I came across an abandoned 'homestead' not too far from here, last year 
or the year before, and realized that all the cementy-looking stuff 
lying around on the ground and inside the foundation was the remains of 
a 'cordwood' house. I think they used hand-peeled green wood, and some 
odd clay-looking stuff from a few hundred feet away that turned out to 
make a really poor mortar. Almost all the wood was gone, picked up to be 
used in campfires, I suppose,  leaving crumbly mortar pieces with 
interesting patterns in it.
Mute evidence of good intentions that went awry.

Cheers,

Chris Green.