permaculture

["Steve Diver" <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>]

When people say they want information on "permaculture gardening", 
or "permaculture farming", or "information about solar greenhouses 
from a permaculture perspective", I always ask them what they invision
such systems to be like.......in comparison to regular "gardening", 
"farming", or "solar greenhouses."  

There is a mountain of information on solar greenhouses, but 
to distill this down it is helpful to know what your're hoping for 
or looking for....and, what resources do you already have? 

Thus, I wonder what your take on solar greenhouses from a permaculture 
perspective might be?  What would be the minimum features or design
parameters that would shift a regular solar greenhouse into a 
permaculture-oriented solar greenhouse for you? 

Secondly, are you talking about an attached greenhouse primarily 
intended for family consumption, or is this a commercial-scale 
greenhouse (attached or free-standing) intended as a transplant 
greenhouse for a market garden or truck farm, or as a full-time 
grow-out greenhouse operation (veggies, flowers, herbs)?  

Thirdly, is there a particular production system you have in 
mind inside the greenhouse?  

Steve Diver


> Dear fellow Permaculture List members,
> 
>  I am very interested in the passive solar greenhouse concept.  I
> would like to learn more about how to design such greenhouses in light of
> permaculture principles.  I am especially interested in the design of solar
> greenhouses for colder climates such as Northern Michigan.
> 
>  Where can I find reliable information about solar greenhouses from
> a permaculture perspective?
> 
> Thank you for your help.
> 
> Chad Husby
 

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steved@ncatark.uark.edu