The Solar Garden Greenhouse: The Design and Construction of a Year-Round Solar-Powered, Carbon-Neutral Greenhouse

The Solar Garden Greenhouse is a description of my journey to research, plan, and build a greenhouse that would work well in Northern Idaho, where we have short summers and hard winters. I explored and researched earth sheltering, insulated foundations, rainwater harvest solutions, and geothermal principles that would allow a successful greenhouse not requiring a high carbon footprint. I developed automated heating and cooling systems that would not require a daily presence (such as by manu...