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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] geothermal heat-cool question
  • Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:30:17 -0700


I know it's easy to make that mistake, but please be careful never to reply
to an entire digest. That post came to 71k, way too much for some peoples'
email. I'll have to watch those and bounce them back in the future, but I'd
rather not have to Thanks.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
listowner

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On 3/26/2006 at 6:05 PM Kris Holstrom wrote:

>Check out the subterranean heating systems designed by John Cruickshank at
>hobbithouse@compuserve.com. The system uses perforated pipe (french drain
>pipe) at several levels in the growing beds in greenhouses. My greenhouse
>uses this method. THrough the winter I grow mostly salad greens in the
>greenhouse at 9000' elevation yet I don't have to put any heat on until it
>is -10 degrees F outside. The tubes all feed into a box with a small 1 amp
>fan that blows the warm greenhouse air into the soil. I am also off-grid so
>the low power use of the fan is a must.
>
>Happy to give more details, but definitely check out John's website.
>Kris H
>
>

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