"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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BV,

All references I have seen say barley straw. Most likely what you have
is
wheat straw. I don't know if it would work or not. Mixed in the clay, it
might make good adobe bricks, if you could get it dry.
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I believe it. We laid some bricks down on the lawn in a rough pattern to see
how a nice walkway would look past the pond. I then poured some
clay/water/clurry mix from around the pond over the bricks. After a month or
so, they are cemented in place and won't move. Luckily the path looks great.

BV.