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Name: Gordon Brooklyn , New York              GordonHawk Jun 13, 2013 8:37 PM CST |
| one of my long time desires is to live in my greenhouse... here's a few designs that allow just that... http://knstrct.com/2013/06/12/... |
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!            Xeramtheum Jun 13, 2013 8:57 PM CST |
| That would be awesome! Especially in Winter .. but humidity might be a real problem. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." Mark Twain |
Name: Rick Corey Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a) Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f           RickCorey Jun 27, 2013 7:58 PM CST |
| My light shelf is in my bedroom, so at least I get to sleep with my seedlings. Just because it ISN'T complicated doesn't mean I can't MAKE it complicated! Weather Links ~ Sunset Zones ~ Degree Days ~~ National Gardening Association Kitazawa Seeds ~ Tainong Seeds ~~ ATP Member Map ~~ My Blogs ~~ Coop Extension Finder Seriously Hot Peppers ~~ Seed Library Resources ~~ Piggy Swap Chat #11 |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria        psa Jun 27, 2013 9:18 PM CST |
| I know a couple here in town who live in a geodesic dome house that they built themselves, many years ago. A large section of the inside, at the front, is a garden with trees and flowers and such. While there are large windows, they also have supplemental lighting. The bedrooms, upstairs, have balconies looking over the garden, which is open to the top of the dome. |
Name: Arlene Grantville, GA (Zone 8a)         abhege Jun 28, 2013 5:19 PM CST |
| Wow, sounds like a dream house! |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria psa Jun 28, 2013 7:06 PM CST |
| That's what I tell my wife, but she's worried about humidity and dirt...and the fact that I would always be adding new plants to further invade the living areas... |
Name: Arlene Grantville, GA (Zone 8a) abhege Jun 28, 2013 8:52 PM CST |
Well, if you're like the rest of us she has reason to worry!  |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria psa Jun 29, 2013 3:16 AM CST |
I can't imagine why. It's not like I keep more than a few (thousand) plants in each greenhouse...  |
Name: Arlene Grantville, GA (Zone 8a) abhege Jun 29, 2013 3:13 PM CST |
| Holy Cow! You do more than I do! |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria psa Jun 29, 2013 3:27 PM CST |
I could say that I have so much growing because I run a plant nursery, but it might be more accurate to say that my hobby got so big that I had to get a nursery license. When we moved into our current house I made a deal with my wife that I would section off half of the backyard for plants and greenhouses and no plants would live inside the house without her approval. I've mostly kept to that...  |
Name: Arlene Grantville, GA (Zone 8a) abhege Jun 29, 2013 3:35 PM CST |
| Sounds like a good compromise. I would have a hard time keeping it though. I sure hope my hobby doesn't take me there. Bad enough I have to get a plant license to sell plants at farmer's market. |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria psa Jun 29, 2013 5:40 PM CST |
| Ah, see, you're already selling plants. Pretty soon other people hear about them and your client list grows and people start hunting you down to buy your plants. Every year you discover a faster way to propagate, a more efficient use of space and time, and a few more plants that you can grow. Then your dozens become hundreds, your hundreds become thousands, and before you know it you are looking at spring growing plans in the tens of thousands and bringing in additional help. It could happen to you. Beware. |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws.        lovemyhouse Jun 29, 2013 6:08 PM CST |
| You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. |
Name: Rick Corey Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a) Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f RickCorey Jul 1, 2013 12:28 PM CST |
| >> It's not like I keep more than a few (thousand) plants in each greenhouse... You reminded me of a Babylon 5 character who had to admit that he had published a book of someone else's before that author thought it was ready. "How many copies did you publish !?!?" "Only a few ... hundred ... thousand." Just because it ISN'T complicated doesn't mean I can't MAKE it complicated! Weather Links ~ Sunset Zones ~ Degree Days ~~ National Gardening Association Kitazawa Seeds ~ Tainong Seeds ~~ ATP Member Map ~~ My Blogs ~~ Coop Extension Finder Seriously Hot Peppers ~~ Seed Library Resources ~~ Piggy Swap Chat #11 |
Name: Gordon Brooklyn , New York GordonHawk Jul 2, 2013 11:03 AM CST |
| Well... I guess I have to move lots inside with me during the winter... and the humidity or lack there of is the real stress I introduce... so extra humidity would surely help here's a spanish cabin that has a roof top garden and lots of other garden areas in the house as welll.. http://www.gizmag.com/espinar-... |
Name: Paul Anguiano Richland, WA (Zone 7a) GW & DG: tropicalaria psa Jul 2, 2013 11:26 AM CST |
| Interior gardens, sunroom, and a rooftop garden? I'm sold. |
Name: Rick Corey Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a) Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f RickCorey Jul 2, 2013 1:59 PM CST |
| >> the humidity or lack there of is the real stress I introduce... so extra humidity would surely help I don't know if this would be practical indoors, but there is a cheap "fog nozzle" that should work off city water pressure. It would require a pipe thread adapter to plastic tubing, but that would also give you access to indoor drip irrigation fittings. http://www.dripworks.com/categ... (page down a few times) Mini Misters >> "low flow, directional sprayer for misting individual plants. ... plants that like fog." ... >> "Mini Misters have a 1/4" barb Flow rate: 2.3 GPH at 20 PSI Pressure range: 10 - 35 PSI Just because it ISN'T complicated doesn't mean I can't MAKE it complicated! Weather Links ~ Sunset Zones ~ Degree Days ~~ National Gardening Association Kitazawa Seeds ~ Tainong Seeds ~~ ATP Member Map ~~ My Blogs ~~ Coop Extension Finder Seriously Hot Peppers ~~ Seed Library Resources ~~ Piggy Swap Chat #11 |
Name: Arlene Grantville, GA (Zone 8a) abhege Jul 2, 2013 6:10 PM CST |
Paul, I know how it can grow. I just graduated to a greenhouse and am in a dangerous mode here.  But I'm too old to go into business so I need to keep it in check. |
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