Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[moon@ceva.net]

Hi Fred, glad we flushed you outta the bush. The leanto on a shed  
could be attached to a shallow pit poly carbonate greenhouse. Russians  
are known for their pit hot houses.
 I'm prepairing to launch a sim plan. I'm in Va on a flood plain so  
Ill stay on grade. Out from the shed an insulated step-wall ( blue  
foam) can start below frostline. Maybe not 5' deep, but 2-3 w a  
perimiter wall woild help. I want to put the step wall 2-3' above  
grade. Got stone?
  You can access through the shed like a decompression chamber.  
There's always water storage in black, hot compost etc for cold  
buffer. Remay over plants on those very cold nights helps, more to do.
 I have some Carter era solar hot water collectors to provide in-slab  
heat. The shed half will have a wood stove. I'm aiming for a no freeze  
zone for tropicals behind a glass slider on the shed south wall.  
Sounds like Christmas!
 Merry to All, Ann zone 7



Quoting mobius <mobius@mainestream.us>:

> On 12/22/2013 11:13 PM, tradingpost wrote:
> > I've mentioned this but pictures should help.
> > greenhouse beds shots from last season, adequate protection down to  
> >  zero at nite
> Nice!  Do you line the boxes to make the wood last longer?
>
> Boy I could use some of that spinach right about now.  For various
> reasons we didn't manage to grow anything last summer.
>
> I've got three sheets of that double layer plexi stuff to put up a
> greenhouse.  I forget what it's called, 4' X 12' each, and some lumber,
> but I haven't figured out quite how to build it so it will:
> a. survive the Maine snow
> b. still get sun after shedding said snow (keep snow bank from covering
> the window)
> c. keep it warm enough to maybe grow through the winter (or not, may
> not be feasable)
>
> I've been following all the ideas here with interest but a viable plan
> just hasn't gelled.
>
> I really like the underground idea to keep it warm but if you go deep
> enough here (5 ft'?), you'd have a ft of water in the bottom.
> The only spot with enough grade faces east, unfortunately.
>
> I'm thinking the best idea may be to make the window almost upright
> with a deep shed behind it and a strong load bearing roof.
> Maybe heat it with compost but I'm not sure how long a pile would make
> heat without any fresh manure added.
>
> Any thoughts would be welcome.
>
> Fred
> in Maine
> (long time lurker)
> ....



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