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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:25 am
by Bonniegirl
Just to let you know that garden edging in bottles in on the agenda!
May need some help emptying the bottles, a new delivery has just arrived
If yer passin' pop in ...........................
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:31 pm
by cat chloe
I didn't fill mine with anything. They seem fine so far. (It is very hot and dry here usually, although the bottles survived a freak snowfall/hard freeze this winter.) I've visited a 19th century bottle house at a mojave desert mining town, and it was made with empty bottles, too. I don't think filling them is necessary or convenient.
Love the bottle lined garden pic! That turned out gorgeous!
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:20 pm
by the.fee.fairy
Ebay...you are a wondrous thing!
i found some solar fairly lights designed for outdoor use on there.
I've got some bottles collected. Just got to buy the lights and start experimenting.
my plan is:
Stick the peg with the cell somewhere bright.
Thread the lights into the bottles with the wire in between underground (i hope that's not to garbled).
Have pretty garden!
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:50 am
by contadino
A Slovak family have built an entire house from wine bottles in Roma.
http://www.corriere.it/english/articoli ... mily.shtml
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:29 am
by Thomzo
I need to drink more. The house is amazing. I wonder what it's like inside when the sun shines?
Fee - do post pics when it's done. I want to see it! I will have to google those solar fairy lights.
Zoe
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:51 pm
by Bonniegirl
I might have enough bottles out back for one wall!!
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 10:24 am
by Cassiepod
I liked the idea of building a house from bottles, but reading the article it looks like bottles have very poor thermal properties and the house is stone cold...
I did wonder if clear bottles might be any use for a greenhouse though....
Any thoughts form the slightly more technical minded bods?
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 am
by Thomzo
Cassiepod wrote:I liked the idea of building a house from bottles, but reading the article it looks like bottles have very poor thermal properties and the house is stone cold...
I did wonder if clear bottles might be any use for a greenhouse though....
Any thoughts form the slightly more technical minded bods?
Hi Cassiepod.
It's mentioned in this thread
http://www.petitgourmand.com/forum/view ... c&start=15
Also try this site
http://www.sci-scotland.org.uk/greenhouse.html
Zoe