I figure solar panels for the electricity to run fans and misting system, a roof designed to funnel the rain into containers, and I have been looking at interesting building concepts that use "junk art" or recycled materials. Hay-bale houses gave me an idea that a four-foot-high stuccoed hay-bale wall would make a nice start, and have poles rising to the water-collecting roof which could hold plastic drapes or panels that would go up in winter, but they would be essentially outdoors most of the year, under the greenhouse canopy.
Here are some straw-bale building pix: UK Indymedia - Straw Bale work on eco-building in St.Anns Part 27
Then I saw these houses made out of wine bottles laid into cement, and that looks like a lot of fun! here's the link to the bottle-house: Photos of The Bottle Houses of Prince Edward Island
I'm sure that when I am ready, have the land etc. I can get everyone to help me empty enough wine-bottles to get started!
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