BigBen
Shohin
Hi All,
OK, so I'm still in the planning phase of my Springtime build.
It's either going to be a Greenhouse, Cold Greenhouse, or possibly both.
Size will most likely be in the range of 10' or 12' by 14' or 16', give or take a bit.
I'd like to use it to Over-Winter my trees, as well as use it to start and possibly extend veggie growing season.
That's why I think I might need 2 structures.
My questions are:
Those folks here that have either structure, how do you heat it during the cold Winter nights to maintain minimum temperature?
That is, IF you heat it at all.
Also, I've been looking at Solar Powered Geothermal/Earth Tubes/Geo-Air Tubes etc.. (similar to LDSPrepper, Morgan Brown amongst several others, yet on a smaller scale).
I believe those systems have been around for ages, does anyone here have any experience with them?
If so, would you kindly share your experiences with them , as well as pros & cons?
I see on YT that there are Horizontal Tube (LDSPrepper) AND Vertical Tube (Morgan Brown) setups.
Seems like the vertical tube setup can typically go a lot deeper into the Earth without too much hassle (using a long auger), as opposed to having a larger surface area utilizing longer runs of tubes, but then having to bring in a backhoe to dig a huge hole to bury the loops under the structure (which I'm not too keen on ).
I want to do it right the first time, and build it to last.
In a perfect world, it'd be some sort of combination structure, but not sure it's possible.
I'm certain that I'll have even more questionies. LOL...
Thank You For The Help, and Happy Thanksgiving!
BigBen
PS: Thanks again to JudyB for all of her help so far, I will be employing several of your ideas.
OK, so I'm still in the planning phase of my Springtime build.
It's either going to be a Greenhouse, Cold Greenhouse, or possibly both.
Size will most likely be in the range of 10' or 12' by 14' or 16', give or take a bit.
I'd like to use it to Over-Winter my trees, as well as use it to start and possibly extend veggie growing season.
That's why I think I might need 2 structures.
My questions are:
Those folks here that have either structure, how do you heat it during the cold Winter nights to maintain minimum temperature?
That is, IF you heat it at all.
Also, I've been looking at Solar Powered Geothermal/Earth Tubes/Geo-Air Tubes etc.. (similar to LDSPrepper, Morgan Brown amongst several others, yet on a smaller scale).
I believe those systems have been around for ages, does anyone here have any experience with them?
If so, would you kindly share your experiences with them , as well as pros & cons?
I see on YT that there are Horizontal Tube (LDSPrepper) AND Vertical Tube (Morgan Brown) setups.
Seems like the vertical tube setup can typically go a lot deeper into the Earth without too much hassle (using a long auger), as opposed to having a larger surface area utilizing longer runs of tubes, but then having to bring in a backhoe to dig a huge hole to bury the loops under the structure (which I'm not too keen on ).
I want to do it right the first time, and build it to last.
In a perfect world, it'd be some sort of combination structure, but not sure it's possible.
I'm certain that I'll have even more questionies. LOL...
Thank You For The Help, and Happy Thanksgiving!
BigBen
PS: Thanks again to JudyB for all of her help so far, I will be employing several of your ideas.
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