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Plastic Bottle Greenhouse! UPDATE page 2 !!
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 7 Oct 2006 22:44 |
We have been at the school's allotment all day preparing to build one of these! Apparently there are several in Scotland, but we may have the first one in England |
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Rachel | Report | 7 Oct 2006 22:45 |
Sound ingenious! good bit of recycleing too |
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Deb Vancouver (18665) | Report | 7 Oct 2006 22:48 |
Hmmm.........I wonder if it would work with empty wine bottles? Deb (who doesn't drink pop) |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 7 Oct 2006 22:48 |
Good for you all Maz thats brilliant work! Recycling is so important, Caz xxxxxxx |
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Cumbrian Caz~**~ | Report | 7 Oct 2006 22:49 |
Deb lo me too , feel bit embarrased puttin glass out for recycling, i joke to men OH is still here! Cazxxx |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 7 Oct 2006 23:05 |
we were really lucky. some of the teachers went to a nearby Nandos and their drinks machines were broken so they were overrun with plastic bottles! they must have given us hundreds |
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Bobtanian | Report | 7 Oct 2006 23:12 |
Deb, On a visit to Los Angeles /Death Valley I am sure that there WAS a house constructed from glass bottles........ they were empty I guess.......LOL Bob |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 7 Oct 2006 23:15 |
Blimey Bob - it must've been hot inside !!! Maz. XX |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 7 Oct 2006 23:25 |
thanks Lynda!! I'm as good a mummy as you are a nanny I reckon |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 8 Oct 2006 01:36 |
Sounds interesting and great that you take an interest, that is what your children will remember in years to come. What exactly is a plastic bottle greenhouse? We used some of our large water bottles with the bottoms cut off and inserted upside down into the grow bags when we planted tomatoes etc, as it was easy to fill the bottles daily and the water seeped down the neck into the root system without washing away the compost. Liz |
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Chris Ho :) | Report | 8 Oct 2006 08:24 |
Maz, what a great day, well done all of you, got quite a few bottles here, but they're smaller, wondering if i could do a mini one! :)) Chris :) |
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Chris the gardening | Report | 8 Oct 2006 08:34 |
Hi Maz when I was on holiday in Egypt there was a house made out of bottles (glass) filled with water, they keep cool in summer and warm in winter, very even temperature. Hope yours turns out well would love to see pictures, it's good to recycle and teaches the children what life is all about, growing and using things that would have been thrown away. Chris. |
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ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom | Report | 8 Oct 2006 08:52 |
OOOh ! I hope It doesnt get windy ! Great idea in promoting recycling though. Elaine x |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Oct 2006 09:47 |
Sounds a brilliant idea, would like to see the photos when it is finished. Well done for helping as so few do, it has ever been thus! Ann Glos |
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Germaine | Report | 8 Oct 2006 09:49 |
Sounds fascinating Maz don't forget the pictures when it is done. Germaine x |
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Jane | Report | 8 Oct 2006 10:05 |
Maz, Well done on a fantastic initiative! Fascinated by this, I googled 'plastic bottle greenhouse' and found an instruction sheet on the moraywastebusters site - maybe this would help others who've declared an interest. Keep up the great work. Regs Annie |
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YvetteDD | Report | 8 Oct 2006 11:29 |
what a great idea, beats chucking them in your recycle bin. i'm going to have a look at that site too - it could be an ongoing project down the backyard.yvette x |
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SueinKent | Report | 8 Oct 2006 11:37 |
Well done Maz. What would schools do without parents helping out. When my kids were at primary school they asked for volunteers to dig a pond. Everybody said 'oh what a good idea I'll be there' well you've guessed it, 6 parents turned up. Then on Monday morning some were moaing because it wasn't finished!!!! but were they there the next weekend helping, no of course they wasn't. Give yourself a gold star lol. Sue |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 8 Oct 2006 23:42 |
thanks for all the replies!
Elaine - it has a wood and wire frame - with posts sunk in concrete, so it should be quite sturdy!
I feel about 98 today - I ache all over |
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Maz (the Royal One) in the East End 9256 | Report | 8 Oct 2006 23:52 |
you cheeky old bag !!!! |