"Martin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:28:04 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 16/10/06 14:19, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On 16 Oct 2006 06:08:45 -0700, "La Puce" wrote:


Uncle Marvo wrote:
I heard something on GQT on R4 on Sunday saying that sedum was
difficult to
get, and all you got nowadays was some inferior variety.
Is this true?
I have told someone that I would kindly build them a green roof on
their
garage, idiot that I be. I haven't a clue what I'm doing, but I was
going to
put a rubbery membrane on it, build round the sides a bit, fill it
with
compost and plant sedum and maybe some alpines etc, in a Norwegian
stylee.
You can't walk on the roof, it's asbestos or similar, so I can't be
weeding
it either. I understand that I can put chicken wire over the top
which stops
certain wildlife eating the roof, but I think that would be ugly in
the
extreme.
Any ideas/tips/pointers/books/articles on the subject would be very
welcome.

Hullo Uncle. I'm sending you this link to start with - so that you can
also consider a grass roof which would be ideal as the maintenance is
pretty minimal. And it happens to be a project we are still
considering, not the roof but the house, a segal house (instead of a
boat possibly) ...

http://www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/arti...gagreenro.html

Did I miss the bit about the potential for the roof to collapse under
the weight when it is waterlogged?

Or how to cut the grass when it has grown?

or how to get the sheep up there?
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Martin

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A pair of geese on occasional loan, perhaps ?


michael adams

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