This greenhouse will enable you to garden easily in difficult situations such as: short season, windy, low night time temperatures, animals eating your garden, low rainfall, high altitude, urban gardening, low humidity and/or cold winters. À̿½ÇÀº ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº¾î·Á¿î»óȲ¿¡¼½±°ÔÁ¤¿øÀÌ°¡´ÉÇմϴ٠ªÀº°èÀý,¹Ù¶÷, ³·Àº¾ß°£¿Âµµ,´ç½ÅÀÇÁ¤¿øÀ» ¸Ô´Âµ¿¹°,³·Àº°¿ì·®,³ôÀº °íµµ, µµ½Ã¿ø¿¹, ³·Àº½Àµµ¹× / ¶Ç´ÂÃß¿î °Ü¿ï. *This greenhouse will allow you to garden all year with a wide variety of vegetables, regardless of where you live. À̿½ÇÀº´ç½ÅÀÌ ¾îµð¼ »ç´ÂÁö »ó°ü¾øÀÌ, ä¼ÒÀÇ´Ù¾çÇÑ Á¾·ù¸¦Àϳ⠳»³»Á¤¿ø¿¡¼ ÇÔ²²ÇÏ½Ç ¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. Because this greenhouse is permanent and passive solar, it is much more effective than season extension. À̿½ÇÀº¿µ±¸ÀûÀΞç¿À̱⠶§¹®¿¡ÈξÀ´õ È¿°úÀûÀνÃÁðÀ»È®ÀåÇÒ¼öÀÖ´Ù.
Beset by 50 mph winds and hail the size of golfballs, my garden the fall of 1998 looked like it had gone through a Cuisinart. 1998³â ³ªÀÇ Á¤¿øÀº 50/mphÀÇ ¹Ù¶÷°ú, °ñÇÁ°ø¸¸ÇÑ ¿ì¹ÚÀ¸·Î ¸¶Ä¡ ÄíÁø ¹Í½º±â¿¡ µé¾î°¬´Ù ³ª¿Â°Í ó·³ º¸¿´´Ù. All the poly tunnels were damaged, the mole population had skyrocketed, and temperatures in the teens in mid-September killed the peppers and eggplant just as they were reaching full maturity. ¸ðµç Æú¸®ÅͳÎÀº ¸Á°¡Á³´Ù, ±×¸®°í »ç¸¶±Í ¼ýÀÚ°¡ ±ÞÁõÇß°í, 9¿ù Áß¼ø¿¡ 10µµÀÇ ¿Âµµ´Â ´ÙÀÚ¶õ ÈÄÃß,°¡Áö¸¦ ¸ø¾²°Ô ¸¸µé¾ú´Ù. It was time to build a greenhouse! However, the available mail order kits of polycarbonate or glass, and the polyethelene hoop houses are both what I refer to as ¡°freeze or fry¡± style greenhouses. ¿Â½ÇÀ» °Ç¼³ÇϱâÀ§ÇÑ ½Ã°£ÀÌ µÇ¾ú½À´Ï´Ù.!±×·¯³ªÆú¸® Ä«º¸ ³×ÀÌÆ®¶Ç´Â À¯¸®¿ÍpolyetheleneÀÇÈÄÇÁÇϿ콺 µîÀ¸·Î ¿ìÆí ÁÖ¹®Å°Æ®´Â "¾ó°Å³ª Æ¢±â´Â'½ºÅ¸ÀÏÀǿ½ÇÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Because there are all glazing and their foundations aren¡¯t insulated (or don¡¯t exist) they must be heated in the winter to prevent freezing. °Å±â¿¡¸ðµÎÀ¯¸®ÀÌ°í±×µéÀDZâÃÊ°¡(¶Ç´ÂÁ¸ÀçÇÏÁö¾ÊÀ½)Àý¿¬ÀÖÁö ¾Ê±â ¶§¹®¿¡±×µéÀºµ¿°áÀ» ¹æÁöÇϱâ À§ÇØ°Ü¿ï¿¡ ¿Â¹æÀ» ÇؾßÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
So I decided to design and build a passive solar greenhouse that would fulfill the sustainable agricultural principles of affordability, usefulness, durability and efficient use of local resources. ±×·¡¼°æÁ¦¼º,À¯¿ë¼º, Áö¿ªÀÚ¿øÀdz»±¸¼º ¹×È¿À²ÀûÀλç¿ëÀÇÁö¼Ó °¡´ÉÇѳó¾÷¿øÄ¢À» ÀÌÇà°ÍÀ̼öµ¿ÀûÀΞ翿½ÇÀ»¼³°èÇÏ°í±¸ÃàÇϱâ·Î °áÁ¤Çß½À´Ï´Ù
The design of the passive solar greenhouse can be modified to fit your locale by: a) adjusting the angle of the glazing wall, b) increasing or decreasing the depth of the insulated foundation, c) increasing or decreasing the size of the fan and side vents, and d) using shade cloth as necessary.
Building a greenhouse is a wonderful way to learn a new skill if you are not already a carpenter. When I began, I couldn뭪 read a blueprint and had built nothing more complicated than a basic book shelf.
The building process is a good way to engage your community. Many neighbors and local high school students assisted at various times, learning as they helped.
Once completed, the greenhouse produces a lot of food year round, enabling a family to eat good home-grown organic vegetables regardless of weather conditions or grocery store availability.
Building the passive solar greenhouse
Features � Insulated foundation: you can add or subtract from our two feet of below grade insulated foundation to customize the greenhouse to fit your USDA zone and average winter climate.
� Rear straw bale wall: uses the waste of barley farming to create an inexpensive R-40 super insulated north wall.
� Polycarbonate glazing: a difficult to break, lightweight glass alternative that is user-friendly, doesn뭪 burn the plants, and is guaranteed for ten years against yellowing, even at high altitudes.
� Super-insulated side walls and roof: uses newer, less itchy fiberglass and a foil/bubble wrap material that insulates (bounces back radiant heat), serves as a vapor barrier, and reflects light back toward the plants.
� A 1,225 gallon cistern: stores and recycles rainwater (plants preferred water source), a must for rural areas that lack a (reliable) well and a safeguard against drought and water rationing in these climatically uncertain times. The size can be adjusted to fit the rainfall pattern and amount in your locale.
� Passive solar water wall: 900 gallons of water in a combination of recycled white plastic and new black metal five gallon buckets. These store heat from the sun during the day (in winter) and release the heat to the air a night. In summer, the water helps keep the interior of the greenhouse cooler.
� Active solar fan and vent: uses the sun to run the ventilation system (augmented by human operated vents). The size, placement, and number of vents can be customized to fit your heat and humidity profile.
� Two growing beds: the interior of the greenhouse is about 35'4" long by 10' wide, or approximately 353 square feet (not including the water wall). The two beds are 4' wide and contain about 282.5 square feet of useful growing space for plants. *±¸±Û¹ø¿ª »çÀÌÆ® http://www.irisherbal.com/psg/content/process.html *±¸±Û¹ø¿ª»çÀÌÆ® ±×´ë·Î ¿Å°å½À´Ï´Ù. Â÷ÈÄ ½Ã°£µÇ´Â´ë·Î ¹ø¿ªÇÏ°Ú½À´Ï´Ù.
After meeting a good friend for lunch today and telling her all about my latest and greatest events in my life she has insisted that I start a blog and log my journey with everyone else on the planet as a witness. What she seems so interested in was our new greenhouse and growing system that we put in.
What I have come up with was a combination of a Walipini (underground greenhouse) and an Aquaponic system. The walipini was a no brainier for us as we live out on the prairie. Wind and hail are a norm for us. All the normal greenhouses that you can buy from box stores and such are just no match for what mother nature has in store for us out here. Sure I could buy one, but a day later someone in Kansas would be happy with my new purchase! Therefore after lots of searching and research we decided that a walipini was right for us.
Our Walipini has an inner dimention of 20'x36' and is 6' deep. We also added a ramp big enough for a bobcat in case we ever needed to get something big down there. Yes, we live on acreage in case you were wondering. :)
Post holes down the middle
Set the 12' 4x4 posts. 3' in the ground 9' above
Added a middle beam 2x6's
12' 2x4's going from middle to the sides
The outer dimensions are 24'x40' The rafters span 2' over the ground on all sides of the walipini.
I found some used doors on craigslist for $60 and 3 used small windows for $60. Also, we added some used mulch from the city to add a nice cushy layer on the bottom before we put the top on.
For now the top on the walipini is a clear greenhouse tarp I found online at Farmtek. Great store and very helpful if you call in to chat with them about your project.
Added another 2x4 to the top of the tarp to hold in place
For the sides above the ground we used the clear poly roof material for now. It works and does what we needed it to do...let in sunlight!
We put back our wood fencing around it to add a little more protection from the wind. The top middle line only is about 3' off the ground. You can't see this unless you are close to it or in a plane.
The inside is cozy and we love it!
From start to finish this only took us about 2 weeks to put together. All posts down the middle and sides were concreted in. We made the frames for the doors on either end. On the warmer days all windows and doors are open to allow for a draft. This last photo was taken in the AM just as the sun was coming up.
Hope you enjoy our journey as much as my friends and family have so far. It seems we are always trying and coming up with new things to try. I will post more about our Aquponics system in the next blog.