[GSBN] a very new take on straw

[Bob Theis]

> On Dec 19, 2021, at 12:12 PM, Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2021 10:40:08 -0800
> Bob Theis <bob at bobtheis.net <mailto:bob at bobtheis.net>> wrote:
> 
>> Decades ago I spent a wonderful afternoon with an English thatcher
>> who described farms in eastern Europe where they grow the traditional
>> forms of wheat that produce the best thatching straw. The grain, he
>> said,  is a by-product. 
> 
> Given that reeds are said to be better for thatch I'd be surprised if
> the techniques didn't originate using reeds rather than grain straw.

This same thatcher said that the rule of thumb in England is that the north side of the wheat straw roof will last 30 years, that of a reed roof is good for 50 years. 
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