{"id":315,"date":"2018-12-11T11:53:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaywarmke.com\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2021-12-05T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T14:46:09","slug":"plastic-bottle-greenhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/cool-buildings\/plastic-bottle-greenhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bottle Greenhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KyKUnPecRi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Greenhouse-sunrise.jpg\" alt=\"Plastic bottle greenhouse at sunrise\" class=\"wp-image-450\" width=\"551\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Greenhouse-sunrise.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Greenhouse-sunrise-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><figcaption>Plastic Bottle Greenhouse at Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While working on an Earthship project in Scotland, we wandered across the beginnings of an interesting little greenhouse made of 2-liter soda bottles.&nbsp; This got us thinking about the possibilities of using them as construction material here at Blue Rock Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first prototype was constructed using metal 2x4s &#8211; so we could literally pick it up and move it around (and allow school groups to assemble and disassemble it).&nbsp; But the wind also soon discovered that it could move it around as well &#8211; so we found it spread across the pasture one morning after a particularly severe storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/greenhouse_foundation.jpg\" alt=\"Tire foundation for plastic bottle greenhouse\" class=\"wp-image-447\" width=\"312\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/greenhouse_foundation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/greenhouse_foundation-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/greenhouse_foundation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/greenhouse_foundation-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption>Tire foundation underway for greenhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We decided the building needed to stay put &#8211; so we constructed a pounded tire foundation and decided to do this thing properly.&nbsp; With the help of the Clark Montessori School (from Cincinnati, OH) we built this 12 x 12 foot greenhouse over a rather muddy weekend. 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