Plastic bottle greenhouses

Plastic bottle greenhouses are all the rage in Europe...
This one sits on old tires and is made from 1000 2-liter plastic soft drink bottles.

 

 

 

Bottle building methods

Sand

   

Cement

 Adobe

Take a look at this great blog on alternative building methods, and other green info.

 http://inspirationgreen.com/building-blog

All About Compost.

Cheap building Materials for the Yard & Garden

With the economy the way it is and the task of building a gopher proof garden looming. I have started to ponder cheap and safe building materials of the preferably free type. I would love to hear any ideas on this matter, and will give a few of my own. We throw so many tings out and I am considering the use of wine bottles for small retaining walls.

Margo has built a Wine bottle wall in the space of the old garage door.

I may give this a try. Here is the link to her site. Wine-bottle-brick-wall 

How to cut Wine bottles

 As you think about trying this it becomes apparent that you may need to cut some bottles depending on what your plans are. So how is that done? Here is one answer.

 

Natural Building How-To: Making Earthen Plaster (PART 1) 

Natural Building How-To: Making Earthen Plaster (PART 2)

How to Make a Hoop House or Green House for Cheap.

 

Natural alternative building 

I will be covering interesting stuff on alternative building here is a video that shows people in the very act.