tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144325842011-04-21T10:45:05.637-07:00simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1123877174856338552005-08-12T13:02:00.000-07:002005-08-12T13:06:14.856-07:00The green house is now half finished, we have a roof and one wall<br />most importantly we have solved the design issues which was the projects biggest challenge.<br />We have run out of bottles now but the building process can continue as we collect more.<br />I think it looks cool, and its great that all those bottles would be lying around disued if we hadnt collected them and that the kids that provided them can see that "waste" is a resource.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112387717485633855?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1123876563660156892005-08-12T12:54:00.000-07:002005-08-12T12:56:03.660-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/1600/IMG_0790.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/320/IMG_0790.jpg" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112387656366015689?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1123876484066362642005-08-12T12:50:00.000-07:002005-08-12T12:54:44.066-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/1600/IMG_0793.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/320/IMG_0793.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The green house roof<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112387648406636264?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1123876133563306592005-08-12T12:46:00.000-07:002005-08-12T12:48:53.566-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/1600/IMG_0728.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8187/1305/320/IMG_0728.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Here we are fixing the bottle tiles to the metal roof frame<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112387613356330659?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121285038573341402005-07-13T13:01:00.000-07:002005-07-13T13:07:42.546-07:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Here is the fantastic new Proecos Blog!</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">You can click on the photos to make them bigger if it makes you happy</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;"></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">If there is any thing particular you would like to see here let me know</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128503857334140?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283668447350942005-07-13T12:41:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:41:08.450-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20261.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20261.jpg'></a><br />restaurant&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128366844735094?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283625326193642005-07-13T12:40:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:46:13.483-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20259.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20259.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />well mulched field <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br />here we have pac choi, red mustard leaf, radishes and beans<br />all well mulched, bledo conquored<br />a healthy peach tree in the middle<br /><br />in the background you can see my experiments with card board box mulching in preparation for the new seedlings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128362532619364?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283540706996182005-07-13T12:39:00.002-07:002005-07-13T12:49:47.943-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20256.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20256.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />compost <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />i was so pleased with my lovely compost heap, then yesterday the wall fell on it<br /><br />i think it has held up rather well though<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128354070699618?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283594740302572005-07-13T12:39:00.001-07:002005-07-13T12:47:53.170-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20258.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20258.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />bottles <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br />I have been collecting loads from the school<br />we clean them, remove the lable and cut of the bottom<br />they can then be stacked to form colomns and the walls of the greenhouse<br /><br />this idea might be changed soon though<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128359474030257?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283566135379122005-07-13T12:39:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:39:26.136-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20257.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20257.jpg'></a><br />flowers&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128356613537912?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283704173216262005-07-13T12:38:00.002-07:002005-07-13T12:55:42.383-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20262.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20262.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />new idea <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a roof to protect my seedlings, made with half bottles<br /><br />i think we will make the roof of the green house like this, and may be the walls<br /><br />the design process is ongoing<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128370417321626?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283482671633162005-07-13T12:38:00.001-07:002005-07-13T12:51:42.110-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/2.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />recycled art <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Ellie with some of the recycled art we made with the kids from ciepa<br /><br />using broken glass and paper mache<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128348267163316?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283507912870562005-07-13T12:38:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:50:36.563-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20255.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20255.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />seedlings <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />lots of different things im growing in the new trays<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128350791287056?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283456305526722005-07-13T12:37:00.001-07:002005-07-13T13:07:59.310-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/1.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Kids <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Kids from ciepa planting in a crazy manner<br /><br />This was a while ago, so it looks quite different now<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128345630552672?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14432584.post-1121283420577463582005-07-13T12:37:00.000-07:002005-07-13T12:52:46.220-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/640/simon%20254.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/39/6879/320/simon%20254.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />radish <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />the product of my labour<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14432584-112128342057746358?l=proecosxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>simonhowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975670557695256852noreply@blogger.com0