01/15/2014
Aaaaaaaaand the metal roof is up!
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01/15/2014
Aaaaaaaaand the metal roof is up!
01/15/2014
Everything but greenhouse from the top!
01/15/2014
Installing the rafters!
01/09/2014
The everythingbut greenhouse is going up at the Upcycle Center!
01/01/2014
Kicking some tail and chewing some gum in the new year! Hefty house is being disassembled tomorrow and the materials are being used to build the (everythingbut) greenhouse system as a room in the upcoming Upcycle Center! The systems will be open sourced and standardized measuring equipment will be made available so that variations or even completely different systems can be compared and discussed.
Thinking of a possible slogan, any thoughts on "Think.Learn.Repeat"
or: "Do it and LEARN."
"Helping the world save itself since the end of the world didn't happen."
"Waste is just energy that we haven't learned how to use yet."
pic: Ground breaking at the Upcycle Center!
09/01/2013
Impermeable layer down!
09/01/2013
We put the cardboard down to protect the impermeable layer from nails in the pallets
08/25/2013
The basket to hoist cold sasparilla to our parched workers...also other stuff like tools.
08/25/2013
All of the nails are out of the roof boards! Now we can put the impermeable layers down and grow a roof!
08/24/2013
Bracing in place allowing us to cover the roof in soil and plant grass to sit on while you are relaxing on top of the lab after a hard day building!
08/23/2013
The frame is done!
08/22/2013
Aaaaaaand the batteries died!
UPDATE: The exterior of the lab is going to be a vertical gardening system thanks to a suggestion from Ryan at LoGROcal!