{"id":104,"date":"2010-01-21T21:22:55","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itfarmer.wordpress.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2010-01-21T21:22:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:22:55","slug":"the-greenhouse-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"The Greenhouse In Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Greenhouse In Winter<\/p><\/div>\n

It took all summer, and a lot of help to finish my new favorite building. I found some really great plastic to cover it with, called Clear Polycarbonate Sheeting. The sheeting worked so much better then I imagined, but at $20, per 8 ft by 3 ft section, it was not cheap. Altogether, I figure I only spent $1,500, for all the building materials. I even found the glass door in\u00a0one of the farm sheds.<\/p>\n

The tempurature hovers about 5 degrees above the outside temp at night, and when the sun is out, it can peak out at 80 + degrees in January. Since I get a bit gloomy in the winter, I like to spend time basking in the\u00a0sun, sitting in the\u00a0red fold up chair in the corner. When\u00a0stepping inside on a sunny day, it’s time to strip down to a t-shirt, and jeans, and this time in the sun tends to trick my brain into thinking I’m someplace tropical…. wooohoooo0 !<\/p>\n

I did a search online for heating systems, and found that some people are storing the heat from the sun, without the need for a heating system. The idea is to store the sunshine in a “thermal battery”, which would charge on sunny days. This battery would then release the heat at night, and on cloudy days. The easiest method I have seen is to use barrels of water, painted black. You can research this further at “Topper’s Place<\/a>“. I’ve started collecting small jugs (2.5 gallons per jug), and painting them black. So far, I don’t have nearly enough water, but I have until March to accomplish that goal.<\/p>\n

The smaller building to the left is my small chicken coop. I have six chickens, mainly for eggs, and manure. I really don’t think I could eat these guys, as I’ve come to notice individuality in the small herd. Each chicken has it’s own personality it seems, I even\u00a0have a “bully” in the heard, that always eats first.<\/p>\n

The dimensions of the Greenhouse are: 14ft x 16ft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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