I built an underground greenhouse about 8 years ago... I dug a hole under the greenhouse and put in a self-standing swimming pool, for thermal mass... The pool helps keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer... I can also circulate heated water, for additional heating in winter, and circulate cool water, for additional cooling in summer... On the north wall I put a reflective radiant barrier to reflect the light and radiant heat back onto the plants, so the plants get sunlight and warmth from all directions... I put a curtain drain on all four sides to harvest rain and snow, and to keep the water from seeping into the greenhouse...
@@morefiction3264 I am 30 miles east of Klamath Falls, Oregon... our elevation is approximately 5000ft, give or take... This has been an unusual year, but we still have 2-3ft of snow on the ground; and another 10 inches coming within the next couple days... It's about 28°f outside right now... It's not unusual for us to get 20 and 30 below zero Fahrenheit in the winter, and several feet of snow...(that snow that hit California would have got us if the Jetstream hadn't shifted; and we'd be under 10 -15 ft of snow right now)...it also isn't unusual to get 10 - 12 inches of snow in the middle of July...
@@ShawnCheriYoung Interesting. I'm in Minnesota so I always try to check how appropriate someone else's situation is to a severe winter when talking about gardening or something. Yours qualifies. We're mostly melted now but could get more at any time.
@@morefiction3264 my greenhouse has been neglected for years and in need of repairs... I will be videoing the refurbishment and putting the videos on my channel as I go... Perhaps we will be able to exchange ideas for our similar situations...
@@ShawnCheriYoung I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that I have any ideas worth sharing. I just have grand ideas for when and if I get a little land that I could put something like that on. I'll be sure to subscribe to your channel though. I'm always interested in a good refurbishment video like that.
When I was a child gardening was taught in school...we also had after school programs, such as Future Farmers of America... The problem is that this government doesn't want you to learn to be independent... they want you to dependant on them... It's easier to control the masses...
It also helps us survive! I think you can learn most subjects through the lens of gardening: science, nutrition, math, agricultural, history and now finance since we are definitely going through economic collapse. We need to switch things up and quickly.
Dude, you ROCK!!! Your spirit is right and your plan is awesome,( about helping the kids and gardening). You are giving the most valuable information, how to feed yourself and others and demonstrating a deep love and reverence for your community. Peace
First I'd like to say that as a country we need to give our kids something worthwhile to strive for. In school we are teaching technology, technology, technology. Nothing today involves the hands. Even Industrial Arts where kids are offered an opportunity to work with their hands in wood shop, metal shop, drafting, etc. are all going away or turning to technology. Our young generation have no idea what they want to do because their choices are being limited in high school. It's a serious issue. They are told you have to go to college to be successful and this is far from the truth. The trades make great careers, but they aren't being exposed. (I am not a tradesman but a college educated person). If I didn't go to college I would have gone right to the trades. I like this guy. He's showing an alternative to be self reliant also.
Brutally long winters and America's dysfunctional education system. A bad and sad combo. It is heart warming to see a man step and offer solutions and opportunities to these young folks. I grew up in an agricultural region and worked in farming briefly. It can be very rewarding to accomplish something tangible instead of being brainwashed into believing that you have no control over your life.
Teaching kids to become independent adults, capable of accomplishing something tangible does not support the agenda. Weak, dependent subjects are easier to control.
Gardens & Gardening=Good❣ Its great for kids' growing & gaining well earned self confidence as they create tangible results. A garden does link w every aspect of life, a great way to teach & learn.
♾💎✨. How absolutely lovely!!!!! What a clever man!!!!! A Cropbox is another option and can grow 2.5 acres in one box! This is just the kind of genius consistently going unnoticed, so grateful for your report!!!!!
💎A great way to interact in a positive way. Young people need to see, and be a part of positive influence. It helps them to feel good about accomplishment, and enjoy the rewards of life. Life happens, enjoy the adventure, and learn.
This is going to be me soon. Got a green house but need to extend it and get my shade net for the summer and i assume 4 ft deep should be enough for temperature in the phoenix summer.
One TH-cam video argues the risk of farm animals walking onto the top of a low greenhouse roof. My guess is to put adequate fencing around the greenhouse to keep animals away from it. How many communities need greenhouse developments? Thank you for your helpful and informative videos!
Alternatively, you can build a surface greenhouse and pile dirt along the outside (on a slope) and achieve the same result but without the fear of flooding or cave in.
good concept- BUT your glazing is way to flat and will collect a lot of summer sun- it will still overheat! and it should be just the south side that has glazing on it- and you should also minimize the east and west glazing.
Well you don't want moisture build up there, you ALSO need heat, and low power LED grow lights are alright at keeping plants ALIVE but won't grow until you get t5 lights. Or the super big LEDs I've seen at hydroponics stores
An epidemic of suicides... And some simple attention and work with their hands could help prevent more of those. It's amazing how awful the DSA is in many aspects. It's amazing also to see how normal kind human behavior helps prevent much pain. If only more people would be like this man. Many more. Alas, there's also a epidemic of meanness going on. In the Divided States of America many people won't lose an opportunity to hurt and belittle others not in their own perceived group. I write perceived, since they actually do belong in a bigger same group. Yet, bashing others cruelly seems a national sport. Time for a greenhouse epidemic?
what caused the kids to bail - there was an unlaying cause because there was several bail - there's a Hopelessness a no way out and no reason not to so what is the cause in this community?
#msgarcia Every Bank failure happens on Friday. #pacwestbandcorp Requesting asylum assistance OUT of the United States of America. I wouldn't even bank in this country. May 3 2023 LaVar Blackmon rapid city south dakota
#pacwestbandcorp Requesting asylum assistance OUT of the United States of America. I wouldn't even bank in this country. May 3 2023 LaVar Blackmon rapid city south dakota
It cost 10 k to combat ANY addiction problem and over crowding/ or cyber security threat. Rather than take your freedom, a thumb or pinky finger 🤘 is the same sentence. #amputation
I built an underground greenhouse about 8 years ago...
I dug a hole under the greenhouse and put in a self-standing swimming pool, for thermal mass...
The pool helps keep it warm in the winter and cool in the summer...
I can also circulate heated water, for additional heating in winter, and circulate cool water, for additional cooling in summer...
On the north wall I put a reflective radiant barrier to reflect the light and radiant heat back onto the plants, so the plants get sunlight and warmth from all directions...
I put a curtain drain on all four sides to harvest rain and snow, and to keep the water from seeping into the greenhouse...
Where did you build this? Fairly north if you have snow.
@@morefiction3264 I am 30 miles east of Klamath Falls, Oregon... our elevation is approximately 5000ft, give or take...
This has been an unusual year, but we still have 2-3ft of snow on the ground; and another 10 inches coming within the next couple days...
It's about 28°f outside right now...
It's not unusual for us to get 20 and 30 below zero Fahrenheit in the winter, and several feet of snow...(that snow that hit California would have got us if the Jetstream hadn't shifted; and we'd be under 10 -15 ft of snow right now)...it also isn't unusual to get 10 - 12 inches of snow in the middle of July...
@@ShawnCheriYoung Interesting. I'm in Minnesota so I always try to check how appropriate someone else's situation is to a severe winter when talking about gardening or something. Yours qualifies.
We're mostly melted now but could get more at any time.
@@morefiction3264 my greenhouse has been neglected for years and in need of repairs...
I will be videoing the refurbishment and putting the videos on my channel as I go...
Perhaps we will be able to exchange ideas for our similar situations...
@@ShawnCheriYoung I'm sorry. I didn't mean to imply that I have any ideas worth sharing. I just have grand ideas for when and if I get a little land that I could put something like that on.
I'll be sure to subscribe to your channel though. I'm always interested in a good refurbishment video like that.
Gardening should be taught in school. It makes us more human.
When I was a child gardening was taught in school...we also had after school programs, such as Future Farmers of America...
The problem is that this government doesn't want you to learn to be independent... they want you to dependant on them... It's easier to control the masses...
It also helps us survive! I think you can learn most subjects through the lens of gardening: science, nutrition, math, agricultural, history and now finance since we are definitely going through economic collapse. We need to switch things up and quickly.
@@jazzyg530 don't forget mental health and physical training...
@@jazzyg530 yes!
@@ShawnCheriYoung Yes!
Dude, you ROCK!!! Your spirit is right and your plan is awesome,( about helping the kids and gardening). You are giving the most valuable information, how to feed yourself and others and demonstrating a deep love and reverence for your community. Peace
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken - Leo Tolstoy
people need hands on learning for that feeling of accomplishment and so much more
First I'd like to say that as a country we need to give our kids something worthwhile to strive for. In school we are teaching technology, technology, technology. Nothing today involves the hands. Even Industrial Arts where kids are offered an opportunity to work with their hands in wood shop, metal shop, drafting, etc. are all going away or turning to technology.
Our young generation have no idea what they want to do because their choices are being limited in high school.
It's a serious issue. They are told you have to go to college to be successful and this is far from the truth.
The trades make great careers, but they aren't being exposed. (I am not a tradesman but a college educated person). If I didn't go to college I would have gone right to the trades.
I like this guy. He's showing an alternative to be self reliant also.
Wish the unity of concern here to continue: that all children have best quality education & that cultivating all human abilities is part of that.
Brutally long winters and America's dysfunctional education system. A bad and sad combo. It is heart warming to see a man step and offer solutions and opportunities to these young folks. I grew up in an agricultural region and worked in farming briefly. It can be very rewarding to accomplish something tangible instead of being brainwashed into believing that you have no control over your life.
Teaching kids to become independent adults, capable of accomplishing something tangible does not support the agenda. Weak, dependent subjects are easier to control.
Worse than that; it’s the even more dysfunctional tribal “education” system.
Gardens & Gardening=Good❣
Its great for kids' growing & gaining well earned self confidence as they create tangible results.
A garden does link w every aspect of life, a great way to teach & learn.
@@marcushoward6560 glad you care hope you care whose agenda do you think it is?
♾💎✨. How absolutely lovely!!!!! What a clever man!!!!! A Cropbox is another option and can grow 2.5 acres in one box! This is just the kind of genius consistently going unnoticed, so grateful for your report!!!!!
Horticulture was a normal required class when I attended Jr High, just like shop class. We had a metal, print, wood, auto, drafting and plastic shops
Here IN AUSTRALIA in my area, the government gardens HAVE ONE, particularly for cacti
💎A great way to interact in a positive way. Young people need to see, and be a part of positive influence. It helps them to feel good about accomplishment, and enjoy the rewards of life. Life happens, enjoy the adventure, and learn.
Walipini’s should be in every community
THIS must be the future , not WEF .
They've had these since the 1800s. My local area has one made in the 1920s in a government garden
Be handy you grow all yr round snow ❄️ the whole nine yards ❤
what a wonderful man!
This is going to be me soon. Got a green house but need to extend it and get my shade net for the summer and i assume 4 ft deep should be enough for temperature in the phoenix summer.
Later it was common practice in Ukraine-small school farms
When you go underground at a certain depth you also have heat from the ground itself.
beautiful story food security being so important
Gardening is cool !
This looks more like a walipini than an underground greenhouse, but walipini's are not new and have been in use for centuries.
Underground greenhouses have been around since at least the 1800s
Nice story you're trying to help. Pretty good design. Needs a cold well though.
So, if your area has a high water table, so high that building basements and cellars is discouraged, would that be a self watering garden?
Wallipinis!
And now with LED lights? It's so easier than it ever was.
One TH-cam video argues the risk of farm animals walking onto the top of a low greenhouse roof. My guess is to put adequate fencing around the greenhouse to keep animals away from it.
How many communities need greenhouse developments?
Thank you for your helpful and informative videos!
So cool
Alternatively, you can build a surface greenhouse and pile dirt along the outside (on a slope) and achieve the same result but without the fear of flooding or cave in.
I'd build walls of rammed earth, myself.
That's smart. Locally we have one half underground in government gardens. They have it full of cacti
Nice but that retaining wouldn’t pass code here also the water table is about 2 feet in the winter.
American Indians did this back in the day. They called it Walipini.
Regenerative agriculture has made me feel like living. The news is so dismal but RA has given us hope.
This tech has been around since the 1800s. Near me there's one built in the 1920s
good concept- BUT your glazing is way to flat and will collect a lot of summer sun- it will still overheat! and it should be just the south side that has glazing on it- and you should also minimize the east and west glazing.
South facing sides could be round? Allowing better sun angles?
God bless you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
the greenhouse is al wood?? or the walls are from concrete/brick?? If wood greenhouse will stay good for few years.
I've always said crawl spaces would make great green houses and now that LED grow lighting is cheap to operate it is very feasible..
Well you don't want moisture build up there, you ALSO need heat, and low power LED grow lights are alright at keeping plants ALIVE but won't grow until you get t5 lights. Or the super big LEDs I've seen at hydroponics stores
I must have missed something. They are talking past tense. He wanted to do this or that . Guess I need to watch again!
Maybe common sense is planning a comeback.
It’s way past Time to get monopolized industries back in the hands of The Public.
Unfortunately many of this stuff is illegal and against county restrictions
It's not underground, the roof still sticks out and hail can still smash it. Media should learn to say things as they are.
Treated lumber will still rot regardless of the manufacturer's claims. Good luck.
Wood -> mould
An epidemic of suicide. Damn. That's brutal.
An epidemic of suicides... And some simple attention and work with their hands could help prevent more of those. It's amazing how awful the DSA is in many aspects. It's amazing also to see how normal kind human behavior helps prevent much pain. If only more people would be like this man. Many more.
Alas, there's also a epidemic of meanness going on. In the Divided States of America many people won't lose an opportunity to hurt and belittle others not in their own perceived group. I write perceived, since they actually do belong in a bigger same group. Yet, bashing others cruelly seems a national sport. Time for a greenhouse epidemic?
what caused the kids to bail - there was an unlaying cause because there was several bail - there's a Hopelessness a no way out and no reason not to so what is the cause in this community?
Just hang plants in there an make more plants 🪴....
#msgarcia
Every Bank failure happens on Friday.
#pacwestbandcorp
Requesting asylum assistance OUT of the United States of America.
I wouldn't even bank in this country.
May 3 2023
LaVar Blackmon rapid city south dakota
The narrator is going to lose their job to AI
There was an epidemic of suicide, and the kids were killing them selfs!
The children?
#pacwestbandcorp
Requesting asylum assistance OUT of the United States of America.
I wouldn't even bank in this country.
May 3 2023
LaVar Blackmon rapid city south dakota
It cost 10 k to combat ANY addiction problem and over crowding/ or cyber security threat. Rather than take your freedom, a thumb or pinky finger 🤘 is the same sentence. #amputation
Ask a deaf person if that's cruel and in humane to loss a body part and the ability to communicate.
It is another challenge to face and overcome not the end of the world..
Dinosaurs taught me that how the world ends