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Louis has contributed to 3 posts out of 2610 total posts
(0.11%) in 1,000 days (0.00 posts per day).
20 Most recent posts:
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
banana shower Apr 24, 2006 11:43 PM
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Dear Louie Unfortunately I can't send the image on this message. If you want I can send you a drawing I made, but I imagine you wouldn't want to put your email on the web , if you'd like to see the idea send an email to me - louis@sonevaresorts.com and I'll send you the image. It's basically 3 concentric gravel filled troughs around the bathtub - I would like to plant this with aromatic or medicinal plants that could be infused in the bath - ie. cut a branch and drop it in the tub. Best regards Louis Louis Thompson Permaculture consultant Six Senses
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
banana shower Apr 24, 2006 01:44 AM
(Total replies: 7)
Dear Zingiberfan, Thank you very much for your excellent advice. I have just visited the ginger garden at the Singapore botanical gardens and I should have thought of it myself ( I highly recommend visiting if youy are a true zingiberfan). I'm also working on a bathtub which would channel the grey water into a concentric circular reedbed system (pea gravel topped with mulch). If you have any other godd ideas for a planting scheme for that I'd appreciate it. By the way I know this may be asking a bit much but could you recommend some heliconia species if you canthink of any off the top of your head? Also what kind og natural fertilizer would you suggest? Best regards and many thanks Louis Louis Thompson Permaculture consultant Six Senses
Banana Growing tips- How to grow banana. »
banana shower Mar 8, 2006 03:17 AM
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Dear Banana tree forum people, I design gardens and ecological villas for a hotel company and for some time I have been contemplating the idea of using banana palms to make an out door shower in my new eco-suite hotel room- my basic idea was to dig a hole 2m in diameter and 1m deep and place a slightly conclave sheet of PVC at the bottom so the water flows towards the outer edge. Then I want to fill it with a layer of rubble, then a layer of pea gravel and top it off with some white pebbles and some wooden decking or a big flagstone to make a standing area. The shower would be situated directly above the center of this circle. Then I thought I'd dig a trench around the perimeter of the circle about 2m in diameter and 1m deep and fill this outer circle with a thick layer of organic material (coconut leaves, maybe some organic kitchen waste and some leaves) and cover it with a layer of compost mixed with excavated topsoil. I would then plant this trench with staggered banana plants (and maybe some bamboo or papaya) to create a sort of living curtain that would give the shower user some privacy and some bananas. The project is in tropical thailand where it is very hot 25-38° with high rainfall 3000mm + annually. If you think it would work could someone suggest some banana species that would be suitable to provide edible fruit and privacy? Best regards Louis Louis Thompson Permaculture consultant Six Senses |
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