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Post by richardw on Aug 16, 2012 14:53:18 GMT -5
All finished for the start of the tomato planting Also laying flat stones for the path way as and when i come across them,i place a sheet of newspaper down the side for drainage.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2012 0:38:09 GMT -5
I would like to learn to do this, with the rocks. Is there a name for it?
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Post by steev on Aug 27, 2012 2:01:46 GMT -5
Masonry.
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Post by richardw on Jul 30, 2013 5:00:12 GMT -5
Have just completed the path between the beds in the tunnelhouse, The bench on the right will come out later and another wall and bed added once the next hothouse is made which is slow going but i'm getter there.
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Post by ferdzy on Jul 30, 2013 6:41:30 GMT -5
*am a deep, rich shade of pea green*
Lovely, Richard! What a lot of work, but what a great resource - and very pleasing to the eye too!
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Post by billw on Jul 30, 2013 7:18:30 GMT -5
Amazing greenhouse, Richard! That really gives me something to aspire toward from my ever-expedient cheap wood and plastic constructions.
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Post by richardw on Jul 30, 2013 14:47:23 GMT -5
I started off with cheap wood and plastic constructions too Bill,but that was ok while i building a more substantial greenhouse,the fact i have the smaller tunnelhouse now means i'm not in to much a hurry to finish the much larger green house i'm working on now,if it takes a few more years so be it.
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Post by MikeH on Dec 6, 2013 12:19:18 GMT -5
36°F outside and 52°F inside
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Post by richardw on Dec 6, 2013 14:09:48 GMT -5
Interesting, i wonder if its a single layer or double insulated clear roof,i like how he's dug out the 2.5m pit and filled with rocks which works on a similar bases to how ive done mine,though i notice that his gets far hotter in summer than what mine does,that maybe because ive used a lot more rock in helping stabilizing the temps more.
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Post by calmingmychaos on Feb 9, 2014 8:43:50 GMT -5
I built a sunken greenhouse last year as an experiment. At the time I was basically experimenting to see how well it would work. I have a couple pictures of the greenhouse on my blog. www.calmingmychaos.com/blog/sunken-greenhouse-experiment/Thank you for this forum, as I never considered a "cold-sink". I don't think it would have helped me too much with this experiment, but when I am able to get the equipment to dig deeper, I will definitely utilize one.
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Post by flowerweaver on Feb 9, 2014 11:23:28 GMT -5
It seems most greenhouse designs are for northern climates to grow vegetables inside in the winter. I live in the southwest where I can grow all the winter produce I want outside. I just use a small greenhouse to start spring transplants and overwinter potted plants.
What I need is a large greenhouse where I can permanently grow tropical fruit--which does fine outside about an hour south and 1,000 ft lower--and not have it burn to a crisp in the summertime. I like the idea of sinking it partially into the ground for insulation although digging through rocky soil would be tough. Unfortunately the only hillsides I have are creek banks subject to flooding and heavily shaded by oaks. May have to go with a PV powered swamp cooler.
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Post by nicollas on Feb 10, 2014 3:49:06 GMT -5
Think about linking any greenhouse with a jean-Pain / rameal woodchip system to produce heat during the winter and try to get it into the greenhouse
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Post by richardw on Feb 14, 2014 17:29:43 GMT -5
As part of trying to improve the heat retention during winter of my tunnelhouse i firstly concreted up the window on the south end (shaded end),i then used the left over rubble from the construction of the second glasshouse to back full this wall and cover with a layer of soil which is now coming away in self sown grass,the inside of this wall should keep warmer from now on
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Post by steev on Feb 14, 2014 21:18:23 GMT -5
How are you moving all that soil?
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Post by trixtrax on Feb 15, 2014 1:32:49 GMT -5
Beautiful stonework Richard
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