Humans using an Elvish solution

[Dannyalcatraz]

A natural solution for a RW problem:

http://www.redditmedia.com/mediaembed/kw9zg

 

[Umbran]

That is pretty darned cool. I only there were more plants that could be used in similar ways for other structures.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Well, kudzu grows fast and thick. It could essentially do much of the same thing, and on a much shorter time scale. I don't remember how woody its stalk/trunk gets, though. Still, it probably wouldn't be any worse than a rope bridge.

AND I'm told it's leaves are incredibly nutritious...like hyper-spinach.

 

[Cor Azer]

That is very cool.

I have a new way to visual my elven communities...

 

[Mark CMG]

A natural solution for a RW problem:

http://www.redditmedia.com/mediaembed/kw9zg

Thanks for the link! I will spread the word about his cool thing that you have shared with us on this day.

 

[Umbran]

Well, kudzu grows fast and thick. It could essentially do much of the same thing, and on a much shorter time scale. I don't remember how woody its stalk/trunk gets, though. Still, it probably wouldn't be any worse than a rope bridge.

The guy was talking about having a bridge that lasted 500 years. A tree might do that, I'm prettysure kudzu doesn't last that long.

And I'm not thinking foot bridges. I'm thinking other buildings - houses, grocery stores, yoga studios, municiple stadiums.... Wouldn't you like to see a Whole Foods grown out of a tree or something?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

The guy was talking about having a bridge that lasted 500 years. A tree might do that, I'm prettysure kudzu doesn't last that long.

True, but with as many as 30 vines springing from a single crown, and a growth rate of 1'/day under less than ideal conditions- and several feet daily with good circumstances- you could probably simply keep regrowing the thing.

Of course, you couldn't have goats anywhere near it...

Wouldn't you like to see a Whole Foods grown out of a tree or something?

That WOULD be cool.

In a similar vein, I've posted a couple of times here about Gilroy Gardens (a.k.a. Bonfante Gardens)...also with an eye towards inspiring the elf-philes among us.

http://www.gilroygardens.org/circus.html

 

[El Mahdi]

Wow! Extremely Cool!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Using those techniques, you probably still couldn't build a Whole Foods...but you could make for a nifty Farmer's Market, gazebo or other open-air pavilion.

Maybe an open-air church?

 

[tuxgeo]

Cool and inspiring. Worthy of being shared with others.

(Dang it all, I must give out more XP before I can give any to Danny-it-all again.)