[Market-farming] greenhouses
Sharon and Steve
shopkins at tdstelme.net
Fri Nov 7 09:48:18 EST 2008
> What greenhouses do you all think are the best ones? And what about wood
> stoves in them?
> Thank you all very much.
> Sue
> Vermont
>
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I am biased in that I own and also worked with Harnois greenhouses for
several years traveling most of the U.S. and seeing what happens to
greenhouses foul weather events. In quality structures the answer is "very
little".
In an Harnois Ovaltech house you can stand up straight and walk all the way
to the side wall, in most others you have to bend down to do anything within
several feet of the wall.
This straighter wall also makes roll up side vents much more effective.
Harnois makes a quality structure, they can and will provide signed and
sealed engineering documents as to its design. If others cant or wont, there
is probably good reason!
I did wood heat for several years ( one season here I had 7 wood fires to
tend...dont go there!)but kept wondering why trees had to die to grow
geraniums, put in a waste oil system which worked well when I went to a
quarter acre under cover, but here in retirement I will be doing the little
I do ( a 25 foot section of my 27 x 70 house)with trash wood.
Were I to replace my greenhouses here, today I would have an outdoor wood
water stove, one that has the options of using an oil, corn, or pellet
burner. It would be one that is big enough and capable of burning round
bales of hay!
MAsteveINE
formerly with
Greenhouse Supply Inc
Brewer, Maine
1 800 696 8511
http://www.agrotech.com/
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