[Market-farming] greenhouses

Shawnee Flowerfarmer farmingflowers at hotmail.com
Fri Nov 7 22:41:17 EST 2008


I agree with Steve about the giant exterior wood burner with a boiler/ radiator which I would use as bench heat and ebb and flow irrigation.   But just today I was lugging the first of endless loads of damp wood to a hungry old woodstove which occupies an annoying amount of growing space.  (The stove is a supplement to a gas Modine)  Plus, if the ventilation fans come on during a sunny day, they pull the smoke back into the greenhouse....lots of fun.
 
I also agree that finding a local vendor  for the structure is a good idea.  And this : don't skimp on ventilation/ horizontal air flow fans/motorized shutters. (I once had to use old furnace fans hung by chains from the roof across a 3000 foot house.  Goofy)  The National Greenhouse Manufacturer's Association has a manual of specs that you can printout...helps to calculate ventilation, snowload et al.  Currently I use inflated poly  house with a gravel floor  that rocks and rolls in average winds.  Sometimes I page through the specs manual the way other women might look at a jewelry catalogue.  I do recommend that you build as much space as you can afford; you will surely find a way to fill it up.
 
Shawnee, zone 5 and searching for that old tarp to cover the wood pile
> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 08:14:39 -0500> From: farmersue at verizon.net> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: [Market-farming] greenhouses> > What greenhouses do you all think are the best ones? And what about wood> stoves in them? > Thank you all very much.> Sue> Vermont> > > _______________________________________________> Market-farming mailing list> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming> 
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