The Solar Garden Greenhouse

<p>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 manually opening doors windows and/or turning on fans). The book provides a discussion of these considerations and includes a pictorial description of the construction of the greenhouse and assorted systems as well as a description of how they worked out once built. My hope is to inspire others to continue this journey of finding means and methods to build effective greenhouses without a large carbon footprint and perhaps find further improvements to the solutions I describe. This process has been a labor of love and successful beyond what I could have hoped for.</p>