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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
"JK" wrote in message ... [...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] Just a quick environmentalist point. I'm all for as much greenery as possible in built-up areas, but I couldn't in principle cheer for a roof-top lawn in an area where the normal rainfall wasn't enough to sustain it (rule of thumb guesstimate subject to correction from an expert: anywhere east of the highland line?). We are hammering our water-tables already, with bad consequences making themselves apparent all over the country: I really don't think we can justify adding to the demand just for an occasional bit of fun. So, if your project will need tap-water, I have very sadly to vote against it; but if it will be self-sustaining, I may even come and help with the hard work! Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
"JK" wrote in message ... [...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] Just a quick environmentalist point. I'm all for as much greenery as possible in built-up areas, but I couldn't in principle cheer for a roof-top lawn in an area where the normal rainfall wasn't enough to sustain it (rule of thumb guesstimate subject to correction from an expert: anywhere east of the highland line?). We are hammering our water-tables already, with bad consequences making themselves apparent all over the country: I really don't think we can justify adding to the demand just for an occasional bit of fun. So, if your project will need tap-water, I have very sadly to vote against it; but if it will be self-sustaining, I may even come and help with the hard work! Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be quite as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
"JK" wrote in message ... [...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] Just a quick environmentalist point. I'm all for as much greenery as possible in built-up areas, but I couldn't in principle cheer for a roof-top lawn in an area where the normal rainfall wasn't enough to sustain it (rule of thumb guesstimate subject to correction from an expert: anywhere east of the highland line?). We are hammering our water-tables already, with bad consequences making themselves apparent all over the country: I really don't think we can justify adding to the demand just for an occasional bit of fun. So, if your project will need tap-water, I have very sadly to vote against it; but if it will be self-sustaining, I may even come and help with the hard work! Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
"JK" wrote in message ... [...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] Just a quick environmentalist point. I'm all for as much greenery as possible in built-up areas, but I couldn't in principle cheer for a roof-top lawn in an area where the normal rainfall wasn't enough to sustain it (rule of thumb guesstimate subject to correction from an expert: anywhere east of the highland line?). We are hammering our water-tables already, with bad consequences making themselves apparent all over the country: I really don't think we can justify adding to the demand just for an occasional bit of fun. So, if your project will need tap-water, I have very sadly to vote against it; but if it will be self-sustaining, I may even come and help with the hard work! Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be quite as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ...
[...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... "David W.E. Roberts" wrote in message ... [...] The main issue you are likely to face is the structural strength needed to support the soil and turf. [...] I've just posted a warning note from a 'green' point of view. But it occurred to me on the way to the loo that another solution might be to cultivate an area of _moss_. This would be light in weight and have a very low nutritional requirement; and would never need mowing (but some weeding would be needed every now and then); it would rarely be as green as grass, and by no means as hard-wearing, and would come up against my water-consumption objection, but I can see it as very attractive, and a zillion gardeners would leap at the chance to offer you sacks of the raw material. You could stick spots of it on with thin PVA glue mixed with a little compost and maybe milk, and let it rip, just as you would if trying to age a garden rock in a hurry. Can I come and try, please? Mike. Just because you are an environmentalist doesnt mean you have to reuse the same electrons constantly! How many times did you post that? -- Tumbleweed email replies not necessary but to contact use; tumbleweednews at hotmail dot com |
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Lawn on a roof terrace?
"Tumbleweed" wrote in message ...
"Mike Lyle" wrote in message om... [...the same thing over and over again...] Just because you are an environmentalist doesnt mean you have to reuse the same electrons constantly! How many times did you post that? I'm awfully sorry! It's a problem with Google Groups: sometimes it gives a failure message which isn't true, but you have to wait many hours to find out that it was a lie. I promise to change to a proper client-based newsreader instead -- but I've been making this promise on and off for years. Mike. |
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