Greenhouse from 2 liters (not how you think!)

[Simpler Times]

This is one of the neatest ideas I have seen in a while. Check it out:

http://www.reapscotland.org.uk/repor...house%20v1.pdf

[mtman]

they have more free time then i have

[mistletoad]

That is so cool! I wish beer still came in those bottles (hint, it does where that greenhouse was made! lol)

[D Lynn]

Kind of a cool idea! Lots of work, but cool. Being as how we don't drink pop tho' it'll never materialize in our backyard!

[PrettyPaisley]

You are right. Not what I thought!

[HermitJohn]

Uh, doesnt green house like a cold frame have to be tighter so you can control ventilation?

[wottahuzzee]

Cool idea. Those kids needed a little more adult supervision, like a hunky shirtless dude in a kilt.

[ladycat]

Interesting!!

Wouldn't it be a bit breezy, though?

[Cheribelle]

Very interesting!

[PyroDon]

thats cool
silicone between the "tubes" .

I have seen the tubes like this used in a solar still as well .
bet you could get plenty of bottles at a recycle center

[Cheribelle]

Here they are a nickle each.

[Sonshine]

I think it's an awesome project for homeschoolers.

[MaineFarmMom]

I like this. If I built one I'd use the bottles and water for insulation and wrap the greenhouse with 6 ml poly. This is cool. I wish we had clear bottles.

[cheryl-tx]

Oh wow, I love it!

[Windy_jem]

Very neat idea!

[Callieslamb]

I wonder where they got all those bottles! We couldn't drink that much soda in a decade!

[MELOC]

i could probably load a truck with those from my local recycling tranfer station. the last time i was there was between christmas and new year's day and there was a heap of recyclables 10 feet high and 25 feet wide.

i wonder what the canes are? i bet bamboo would work well. my neighbor has bamboo...hmmm.

[Helena]

what do you mean breezy ?? You mean wearing the kilt ??!! You could tone it down and make a small hot house for early seedlings or greens in the early spring and I suppose you could go to a recyclying center and buy their bottles from them. A different idea..but a neat one.

[Freeholder]

I saw this on another forum yesterday, and thought it seemed like a neat idea, but the plastic bottles wouldn't last long out in the sun. It's a lot of work to put into something perishable. How about glass bottles? Or better yet, just build the frame and cover it with fiberglass, or with clear plastic. I think I might use fiberglass on the roof and clear plastic on the walls (we get too much snow to put plastic on the roof -- I could replace the plastic on the walls with fiberglass later, as we could afford it).

Kathleen

[cookiehll]

Thank you for the info.
Just what I could use
going to start saving and asking others to save for me.
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