permaculture

["April Sampson-Kelly" <askpv@ozemail.com.au>]

so true steve,
however the use of the greenhouse may be different from a permaculture
perspective BECAUSE
the element (in this case a greenhouse) is integrated into a system,
we could look at the principle of maximum benefit for minimum cost etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Diver <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>
To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu <permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu>;
permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu <permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Thursday, 6 November 1997 3:00
Subject: Re: Passive Solar Greenhouses


>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
>
>
>--
>steved@ncatark.uark.edu
>