[GSBN] Baled Corn/Maize stalks? Kenya?

[Derek Roff]

There is a lot of sugar in the maize/corn stalks that I am familiar 
with.  Even after they are dry in the fields, they still taste sweet 
if you chew on them.  I don't know how much it varies by species, but 
I think the odds are that insects and micro-organisms would be 
enthusiastic about this baled food supply.

Straw wolf John Glassford keeps his toes in Kenya, usually by 
climbing the tallest peaks in support of natural building.

Derelict

Derek Roff
Language Learning Center
Ortega Hall 129, MSC03-2100
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505/277-7368, fax 505/277-3885
Internet: derek at unm.edu

--On Tuesday, November 9, 2010 10:54 AM +0100 Kelly Lerner 
<klerner at one-world-design.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I'm sure this questions has been asked and answered before, but
> which of you has worked with baled maize stalks? Successes and/or
> failures? A young architect has contacted me about a project in
> Kenya and is asking about baled maize stalks. I've never done it,
> but it seems like it would work if it is dry and baled tightly
> enough (two big questions).
>
>
> Also, anyone working in Kenya with strawbale construction already?
> Reply to me and also to Michael Spencer,
> <michaelspencer1987 at gmail.com>.