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Tightening straps over thatch while compressing stalks into formwork.

Urban foraging for native prairie grass. Shown here is Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium ).

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Grass growing from straw thatch block. A common bio-indicator that the block has not yet dried through and through.

Form-work and four thatch blocks after trimming.

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