permaculture

[Jennifer Peltier <peltier@isi.edu>]

Hi Suzi,

For a while I lived on Martha's Vineyard island (off Cape Cod, MA).  I
had some friends who worked at a place called Solviva.  Basically a
woman made a self-sustained environment by building a green house on
one end of her house and a chicken coop on one side of the greenhouse.
I cannot recall the woman's name off hand but she gave out information
about her place and offers tours etc. She is located in Vineyard
Haven, MA so a call to directory assistance may turn something up.  I
have some literature that's about 10 years old and could snail mail it
to you (if I can find it).  Let me know.

Take care,

Jennifer
peltier@isi.edu
> I am a beginning farmer in my second year of raising chickens.  I am
> planning to build a lean-to type greenhouse approx 36' long on the south
> side of my barn (located in southern Ohio, USA).  I would like to use the
> heat/CO2 from the chickens to assist in heating the greenhouse while
> providing a comfortable environment for my feathered friends.  I'm
> interested in any info regarding greenhouse design, solar heating systems,
> materials, etc. in general and the integration of chickens in particular.
> 
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