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[kris kaul <kriskaul@yahoo.com>]

Thank you for these suggestions.  I have Coleman's Four-Season
Harvest book but had thought the new one was mainly geared toward
larger/commercial producers and so did not look into it. Love the ideas in 
the second book for making solar appliances - have ordered it.  I've been 
using "Add-on Solar Greenhouses & Sunspaces" but it is pretty dated and I 
believe some of the building suggestions therein are no longer considered 
good design.  If anyone is interested, Arcadian Greenhouses in OH gave us a 
reasonable quote for an insulated double-paned glass lean-to greenhouse (I do 
not work for them).

Kris
Ann Arbor, MI



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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:01:11 -0800
From: yarrow@sfo.com
Subject: Re: [permaculture] small attached greenhouses
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I  just came across this new book
THE WINTER HARVEST HANDBOOK: Year-Round Vegetable Production Using 
Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses .
By Eliot Coleman

Offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and 
maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting 
practices, and even marketing methods, to successfully harvest fresh 
vegetables all year round.

Paperbound.
Illustrated in color.
247 pages
Published by Chelsea Green
ISBN 1603580816
Current Pub at $29.95

and also this older book, which has been reissued by Chelsea Green.

SOLAR GARDENING: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way .
By Leandre & Gretchen V. Poisson

Shows how to increase the effects of the sun during the coldest 
months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the 
scorching intensity of the sun during the hottest months through the 
use of "mini greenhouses." It includes instructions for building a 
variety of solar appliances plus descriptions of more than 90 
different crops, with charts explaining when to plant and when to 
harvest.

Paperbound.
Illustrated.
267 pages
Published by Chelsea Green
Size(inches) 8 x 11
ISBN 0930031695
Current Pub at $39.95

You can ask your library to order one or both, or get them on 
interlibrary loan, if your library is still open and still offers 
this service. Or look for other books on solar greenhouses. (Both are 
also available at edwardrhamilton.com/ at about 25 percent off.)

>At 7:26 PM -0800 11/12/09, kris kaul wrote:
>>I'm planning to put a small lean-to polycarbonate greenhouse on the
>>south side of my house.  The floor will be insulated underneath (it
>>can't be at ground level due to tree roots), and we'll do everything
>>we can for thermal mass - water containers in front supporting the
>>beds, and a brick paver walkway - but I'm still concerned about how
>>cold-hardy it's going to be here in Michigan (it will only have
>>solar heating).  At a minimum, I'd like to be able to start seeds in
>>it in March (as opposed to in my living room)...  I would love to
>>hear of others' experiences with small greenhouses in cold climates,
>>and what diy modifications they might have tried to prevent the
>>plants inside from freezing.  I'll be glad to share whatever I learn
>>from my experiences.
>>
>

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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:29:12 -0700
From: Jeff <toobeeorknottoobee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] small attached greenhouses
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Kris, I have been thinking about this a little myself. I wonder about 
using some fome insulation that would swing down at night in an effort 
to hold on to a little solar gain? -Jeff

kris kaul wrote:
> I'm planning to put a small lean-to polycarbonate greenhouse on the south 
> side of my house.  The floor will be insulated underneath (it can't be at 
> ground level due to tree roots), and we'll do everything we can for thermal 
> mass - water containers in front supporting the beds, and a brick paver 
> walkway - but I'm still concerned about how cold-hardy it's going to be 
> here in Michigan (it will only have solar heating).  At a minimum, I'd like 
> to be able to start seeds in it in March (as opposed to in my living 
> room)...  I would love to hear of others' experiences with small 
> greenhouses in cold climates, and what diy modifications they might have 
> tried to prevent the plants inside from freezing.  I'll be glad to share 
> whatever I learn from my experiences.
>
> Keep well,
>
> Kris
> Southeast MI Permaculture Guild
> http://southeasternmichiganpermaculture.ning.com/
>
>
>
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