Nebraska's largest citrus grower

[castanea]

I may have posted this before but it was a long time ago.

harvestpublicmedia.org/content/watch-visit-nebraska-greenhouse-grows-lemons-and-oranges#.V57K2KL3jSU

[kazedwards]

I saw an older article about it a few years ago. It's very interesting how his greenhouse and house are heated.

[prairiegarden]

another one raising citrus, this one in Colorado, who has also been at it a while.
crmpi.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Lemons-in-the-Sun-Room12-14-14.pdf

and then on the other end of the scale, I bought a couple of Meyer lemon this summer, both of which are already blooming, it will be interesting to see how this all goes. Next year..figs!

[steev]

I've long thought of cooling a house on the farm by running the irrigation well-water through radiators in the walls, with vents at ceiling and floor; this greenhouse plan shows promise of moderating the cold months (see what an optimist I am, expecting that there will continue to be cold months). Not that I'd give up on heating with the hardly-used wood stove, which I got for free years ago, having a constant supply of free wood from a tree service and a desire to do substantial cooking on it. You know, "Pease porridge in the pot, nine days old". Hmm, I know they're good in beans, but I wonder how corn chicos are in pea soup.

The notion of being able to grow a variety of citrus and tropical fruits is very exciting; besides a greenhouse, this fits with my intent to eventually have a sun-room on the house.