Glorious Grandiose Greenhouse Weathers Another Storm

The hard-working and frost-bitten farmers on Summit Springs Farm in Poland, Maine have reported in positively that the friggin' greenhouse they labored to erect last fall now is up and sporting  2 layers of plastic sheeting. The monstrous growing environment measures 100 by 30 feet.

Someday, maybe in July, plants will be thriving inside. Apparently it snowed for the umpteenth time just after the plastic was installed.

Comments

[Sonya]

Also a bit late to comment but I must say, "NO WAY!" We built a big 'ol thing so we would never ever have to do it again. :-) Oh, and when the furnace is in use it burns propane. We bought this greenhouse as a kit and two propane furnaces came with. We think that one is enough and we hope to figure something better out in the future. The best thing I have come up with so far is an outdoor wood boiler to heat our greenhouse, our house, and possibly parts of our future barn. But who knows? Maybe we will get some windmills and heat everything that way?

[Foodie]

Yes, it's big--I think if they had it to do over they might have opted for two smaller greenhouses.

[Food Farmer]

100 by 30 feet that is big.

[Foodie]

I wondered about that as well--I am sure this is under discussion at SS Farm.

[Rose]

A bit late to send a comment.
Yes, wood is a renewable resource. But there is a downside to wood-burning fires. This winter in the Alps we noticed a low white streak over the valleys: a layer of smoke from the wood-burning fires all locals make. It is pollution, but a lovely smelling one. We all noticed the smoke even though we never thought of it as pollution before.

[Foodie]

Furnace? Hope all is eco-friendly....are you burning wood? Yes, it's a renewable resource.

[John]

The roll-up sides are now in place, and the furnace has been hung. Slowly but surely...