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Building My Underground Greenhouse Part 1

1/21/2016

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Adding the roof to the underground greenhouse.
I am so excited to share the progress of my underground greenhouse with you. I have worked little by little on this project for more than a year now, working on digging and building as I had time and as I found materials. In this blog post I will briefly show the process and some of the highlights of the digging and building. I won’t go into the details of how to build your own, but I hope the future builder will use my project for ideas. I will also be adding most of my info in the captions of the pictures I post. Feel free to browse the gallery.
The vision for this greenhouse was to create something that could be easier to heat and cool in my crazy Idaho climate. I really liked the idea of the walipini (google it) underground greenhouses that have become popular among modern homesteaders. I wanted room to build a medium size aquaponics system and I also wanted something big enough to house a small citrus tree (if I could keep the greenhouse warm enough). The greenhouse I built is the result. Now we have to see how well it works. ​
So far this winter the greenhouse has done fairly well to keep things warm even though I don't have all my systems in place to keep it warm. I didn't have the time I wanted to finish everything. All good things to those who wait, right? I have been able to start building my pond for my aquaponics, and design a concept for a rocket stove heating system. I will write blog posts about those as they come about. In the meantime, watch this video tour of the greenhouse. 
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