[Ag-eq] Winter protection

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Tracy:

My parents keep several large black barrels full of water lined up along the
back wall of their greenhouse.  I think the back wall is also painted black. 
The building faces south and the top is slanted, so as you walk south the roof
gets lower.  The south side has to be used for short plants, the little trees
are in the back.  The roof is mostly glass and all the windows have 2 layers of
glass and the walls are insolated.  There are vents to open when the weather is
nice,  I think they have a small gas heater, but they have never used it.  They
also have grow lights to use in the shortest days of winter.

It is nice to go in there on cold winter days.  I think sometimes to much
humidity can be a problem, but not sure.

Nella

Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> I hear chicken manure is good, too.
>
> My greenhouse is made of a material that feels to me like a tarp I have in
> my shed, a rough plastic cloth, except the greenhouse lets in light.  I've
> read that every layer of cover brings the climate inside up a zone, which I
> think is 10 degrees, but, in midwinter, it's still cold inside.  Still, I
> expect the mustard greens to survive the winter, probably.
>
> I read about a design that incorporated a big volume of water on one side.
> The water collects the sun's heat during the day, and releases it at night.
> If I could move it, I'd bring my rain barrel over to the greenhouse and give
> it a try, but the barrel is full of water and too heavy to move.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 3:24 PM
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> Cc: nfoster at extremezone.com
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Winter protection
>
> Tracy:
>
> What is the little greenhouse made out of?
>
> The cold frame sounds like a great idea.  Yes, I have plenty of horse
> manure, sure wish I could share it with you.  Cruiser and Jed make it pretty
> easy and tend to go in the same couple of places.
>
> Goat manure is very good fertilizer, but much harder to pick up.  Rabbit
> manure is also very good.  My great aunt and uncle keep a few rabbits just
> for the manure.  They have a very nice area for the rabbits and I believe
> the grandchildren play with the rabbits.  The rabbit house is next to their
> garden and my uncle talks to them while he works in the garden.
>
> I'm starting to build some more raised beds, want to have them ready by the
> spring.
>
> What is everyone else up to?
>
> Nella
> Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > Hi Nella.
> >
> > I really like my little greenhouse.  It's a Flowerhouse Dreamhouse,
> > 8X8X6 feet, big enough to sit in on sunny days.  It is warm during the
> > day, but doesn't have any inside heat, so isn't much warmer than the
> > outside at night.
> >
> > A lot cheaper alternative, if you want to try some late fall/winter
> > gardening, is a cold frame.  I got one on Amazon that snaps together
> > like Leggos.  I put it up in the fall, then take it down, take it
> > apart, and store it when the weather gets warm again.  It's about 4X4X2
> feet.
> >
> > It's supposed to work real well to get some fresh horse manure, which
> > you have, you lucky duck, and bury it in the garden 12 inches down.
> > Cover it with soil, put up a cold frame, and the heat from the rotting
> > manure is supposed to keep anything in the cold frame nice and cozy.
> > I'd love to try it, but don't have any fresh manure.
> >
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
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