Recipe
Find out recipes for wall, plasters used by natural builders in different places in India and outside India– where you can learn how they have used different materials available locally to adapt to their requirements in the houses and other buildings. You can understand the various mixes and the property of materials specified in the example, relate it to the kind of materials you have, test the proportions with few variations to see how the materials work in your site. The same proportions cannot be recreated, but can help you find your own recipes.
Humans come in constant fight with termites, while if we can understand their way of functioning, natural remedies derived from plants can keep them away and resolve this fight. Read this article for do it yourself natural termite repellent derived from plants.
The ranges of different natural building techniques out there are many and all of them are appealing. These wall systems use locally available renewable materials and focus on minimizing the negative ecological impact.
The beauty of Indian plasters is that it utilises different natural derivatives from trees and herbs to increase the molecular strength, termite resistance and water repelling quality. Kitchen ingredients like Methi (fenugreek), Gur (jaggery), Kadukkai (Haritaki), Gooseberry, herbs like…
In a village called Tehla near Jaipur, crushed lime waste ‘Bagra’ is extensively used for mortars, plasters as well as for making flat lime roofs. These exemplify the beauty, strength and possibilities that lie within a natural material like lime.
Raman Cheruvayal’s home, a traditional paddy farmer who collects indigenous seeds, setting an example for all the farmers to be in touch ..
Three people and their Mannu Veedu (mud homes) that are nothing short of a revolutionary movement in the realm of sustainable living in a crisis laden Wayanad.
Documentation about using Karingota leaves to do an earthen roof over a cob home – Re”searching” past and materials for better future.
Recipe for Earthen Plaster using lime, husk & cow urine for a beautiful wall finish of Devapriyan Kanjankat‘s Cob home from the Coast of Kerala.
Article by Natural builder Becky Little about how she used clay plaster in her home & studio space to render an interior wall.
