[Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer

[Thena Carville]

...Can you see my red face?...I usually read my messages before I hit send
but today is crazy...sorry...blush...won't happen again...
Thena



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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 10:14 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer

Thena,

"and tolerate the head we generate down here"

Whoa there, I'm trying to cool the office down, not heat it up!
(sorry, just didn't have the self-discipline to resist that)

Actually, I like the idea of wire trellis and getting something to
grow over the top.  Everyone loves our office, it's just ugly to look
at.  The storage containers themselves are bullet-proof and great to
ride out a hurricane in (ask big brother). If the housing authority
doesn't buy our place, sooner or later, we're going to have to do a
better job of pretending to be a nursery (zoning issue). If we could
hide storage containers behind vegetation we could rent them out to
other contractors and the containers themselves would become a
"privacy fence" to hide the equipment in the back.

Brad

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Thena Carville
<thenacarville at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Brad,
> I second Elle's recommendation...once established, they will cover the
> container but you will have to keep the access area "clipped back" after a
> while...strong, resistant plants that do have a great appearance and
> tolerate the head we generate down here...not sure about planting them in
> pots on the top, though...and not really sure how quickly they grow but
know
> it is fast...wisteria is another fast growing plant but that one will
> "wander" and you will have it popping up all over the place after a couple
> of years...if you keep that one under control, you will probably have
people
> driving by just to see your containers after a while...over the years it
> will eventually become a "tree" the vine will become so thick...
> Thena
> Oh yeah, they both attract bees as well....
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of elle
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:04 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
>
> 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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