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Few things give me more pleasure than living amongst green plants, especially when they are edible. If you couple this with the possibility of helping to heat your house, you can readily see why people become attached to their attached greenhouses. I have built several of them, with different materials and designs, but the basic concepts are really pretty simple. It is best to design an attached greenhouse into the original house plan, but it is often quite feasible to retrofit one onto an existing house. You need some space on the south side of the house wide enough to accommodate a growing bed and space for access. The area should not be obstructed by trees or other things that would limit the available sun light. It could have an outside entrance, but it doesn't have to.

This is the attached solar greenhouse that is part of Kelly and Rosana Hart's earthbag home. What looks like a tree through the glass is actually a group of cherry tomato plants. The geranium on the right has grown nearly to the cieling.

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bugging-out.com information about diatomacious earth, a non-toxic insecticide.

youtube.com this Youtube video is a silent slideshow of building a solar greenhouse.

gardensupermart.com features several informative articles about how to compost organic materials.

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