Wow, nice crane! Green roof supplies are on the roof!
by TedErnst on Sep.02, 2008, under Construction and Repairs
So it turns out 13,000 pounds of very small rocks are just as heavy as 13,000 pounds of soil (though their volume is bigger, meaning we can grow more in them).
Dan writes:
Thanks to everyone who came out, especially Mike Phippen for bringing the crane! We managed to get all the materials up on the roof and in place, including all the “paks” of rocks. We still need to cut into the bags and actually plant the plants, but the really hard (and it
was really hard!) work is done.Here are some pictures from the big day:
http://s486.photobucket.com/albums/rr221/DanKorn/HUB%20Co-op%20Green%20Roof%20Installation/?albumview=grid
Some sample photos:
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HUB Housing Cooperative » Green Roof planted!
September 29th, 2008 on 6:04 pm[...] by TedErnst on 29 Sep 2008 at 06:04 pm | Tagged as: green roof Since last time, we’ve planted the sedum on the roof! Yesterday was had a good crew up on the roof, [...]
August 19th, 2009 on 1:18 pm
Where’s the finished product pictures? That’s the best part!