Re: Inside Bon Vivant Nursery

Very nice...looks like a garden terrace...I've seen a number in articles on
urban gardening and this looks as good.  


> [Original Message]
> From: Karen Fernsler <kmwos@korora.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 6/12/2006 8:35:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Inside Bon Vivant Nursery
>
> Cool!
>
> What's the bright varigaited stuff in the upper left (second row from
'top')?
>
> http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/nocloth.jpg
>
> Also, what is shadecloth made of?
>
> -k
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 03:01:57PM -0500, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
> > You've all probably read my nursery trials and tribulations in
amusement, 
> > boredom, or annoyance over the past few months.
> > 
> > I'm here to make sure that it continues.  :)
> > 
> > Since I didn't have enough room (or sun) in the back for my plants,
> > I ended up using the flat roof over my garage.  I installed three
> > long storage tables and built a framework for two of them out of PVC,
> > covered them with shadecloth, installed a misting system over the top,
> > and then connected it all to a manifold that's controlled by my
computer.
> > 
> > It's pretty much done now, so I'm torturing you even further by putting 
> > some photos online:
> > 
> > Here's the first framework covered with shadecloth:
> > 
> >    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth1.jpg
> > 
> > The second one was the same height until today; I needed to add another
> > foot since the coneflowers were growing through it:
> > 
> >    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/shadecloth2.jpg
> > 
> > The third shelves don't have any shadecloth yet, but will probably 
> > get some:
> > 
> >    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/nocloth.jpg
> > 
> > The first two shelves are on a timer-based watering system, but the 
> > third one is still watered by hand.  I left an opening for it in the
> > manifold though:
> > 
> >    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/manifold.jpg
> > 
> > I should add that the pipe isn't that bent.  It's partially because of
the
> > lens that I was using.  :)  Another tip:  PVC doesn't lose it's
integrity
> > when exposed to UV light, but it *can* become more susceptible to stress
> > fractures.  Painting it protects the plastic so that it can be exposed
to
> > light.
> > 
> > Of course, there are some plants that just don't care about watering
> > systems at all:
> > 
> >    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/nursery/rooftop/cactus.jpg
> > 
> > I love Opuntia.  I just dread the day that I have to package one up to 
> > ship.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
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