[Rhodes22-list] Brad's Roof...

[elle]

> How about grapes instead of flowers?  Make wine? $$$

What a GRAPE idea, Ed.

elle



We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list]  Brad's Roof...
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:31 AM
> Brad,
> 
> Trumpet vines are flowers that grow like weeds in these
> parts.  Been around
> a long time and do well on trellises and fences.  The
> orange flowers are
> most common.  Or consider the famous southern plant, Kudzu?
> 
> Consider some alternatives:  Sod the roof or solar panels. 
> In Chicago there
> is an architect who sods roofs on big buildings and project
> apartments for
> keeping cooler in summer.  It has been demonstrated to work
> very well.
>   
> Get a bunch of batteries and use solar panels to keep them
> charged.  How
> about powering a 12 vdc air conditioner?  Sell your excess
> back to the power
> company? $$$
>  
> Or try a combination of sod and vines; Sod for roof and
> vines to hang down. 
> How about grapes instead of flowers?  Make wine? $$$
> 
> Ed K
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Lady in Red wrote:
> > 
> > Brad,
> > 
> > thanks for the pict comment.....
> > 
> > That is a trumpet vine...which will grow just about
> anywhere & do just
> > what you want.  It's pretty to look at, and also
> draws hummingbirds. 
> > 
> > There is also a variety of honeysuckle with
> mulit-colored flowers rather
> > the ordinary yellow with which we are all
> familiar....that would also do
> > the trick & hummingbirds also like it. Also a fast
> & prolific grower.
> > 
> > Both plants will do well in hot, dry
> environments....as they are
> > essentially weeds.....although you'd best plant
> them in the ground & run
> > some string or wire for the vines to follow
> up........they will need some
> > moisture; they'll cook in pots in the roof unless
> they get watered or
> > rained upon....Once they get a hold on the roof
> you'll be seeing them in
> > your office......(my plants are survival of the
> fittest....if theycan't
> > manage without me, they're outta here...)
> > 
> > If you plant several of these early......Feb or so if
> you're in the
> > temperate area..they'll be well on the way to
> covering the side by summer.
> > 
> > let me know how it works.
> > 
> > elle
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> > 
> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"
>   (Lady in Red)
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Brad Haslett
> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
> >> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:45 AM
> >> Elle,
> >> 
> >> Thanks for the inspiration, you just gave me an
> idea.  What
> >> is that
> >> growing over the side of that, fence is it?  It
> looks much
> >> like our
> >> corporate headquarters on the coast, which looks
> >> suspiciously like a
> >> storage container (20 foot model).  Cooling it in
> the
> >> summer can be
> >> tough. I could put plant containers on the roof
> and let the
> >> vegetation
> >> hang over the sides to make it easier to cool and
> soften
> >> the
> >> industrial appearance (we worry about aesthetics
> at our
> >> construction
> >> company a great deal).
> >> 
> >> Neat photos, all of them.
> >> 
> >> Brad
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:15 PM, elle
> >> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > OK..you are now free to go back to politics..
> >> >
> >> > ;^)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > elle
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > We can't change the angle of the
> wind....but we
> >> can adjust our sails.
> >> >
> >> > 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
> "WaterMusic"
> >>   (Lady in Red)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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