Garden Pool in MAKE Volume 26

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By Laura Cochrane
Posted 2011/06/10 @ 7:00 am
Category Energy

Dennis and Danielle McClung bought a foreclosed home in Mesa, Ariz. Rather than filling the empty pool in the backyard with water or concrete, they turned it into a greenhouse which they call Garden Pool.

Read all about this and many other inspiring human creations in the handsome and highly collectible MAKE magazine! This particular article is in Volume 26. Pick your copy up in the Maker Shed. Available in PDF as well!

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BY Laura Cochrane

I'm the assistant editor at MAKE and CRAFT. I like etymology and dislike endings.

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5 Responses to Garden Pool in MAKE Volume 26

Lawrence LaBranche on June 10th, 2011 at 2:10 pm said:

Ummm…. how would you fill a home with water?

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Anonymous on June 10th, 2011 at 6:39 pm said:

Hey Make, a little copy-editing goes a LONG way…
“Rather than filling it with water or concrete, they turned it into greenhouse which they call Garden Pool.”
how about:
Rather than filling the pool with water or concrete, they turned it into greenhouse which they call Garden Pool.

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- Anonymous on June 10th, 2011 at 7:09 pm said:
  
  D’oh!
  
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AMalePoet on June 10th, 2011 at 7:14 pm said:

You know you’re old when this reminds you of a Cheech and Chong film. They too used a “dry” swimming pool to grow things. But they used a blue tarp or other to camouflage an “herbal remedy” effort from being discovered by air.

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bobchrist488 on May 17th, 2012 at 4:55 am said:

nice post.turned the empty pool into greenhouse.very charming pictures.thanks for sharing.

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