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Build a Geodesic Dome Solar Greenhouse to Grow Your Own Food (Slideshow)
- ghshephard 17y agoRather expensive way to grow your own food: 12 ft. Diameter Dome Greenhouse Kit * 110 square feet of floor area. * Height 8 ft 8 ins * Fresh produce for 2 to 3 people. Complete Greenhouse Kit with: Standard double glazing $4,570.00
- joshu 17y agoIt actually looks fairly small, too. A conventional square greenhouse would probably work better.
- evgen 17y agoYeah, the benefit of building a round greenhouse escapes me. The sun tracks in a straight line over a certain vertical range depending on your latitude. You get more bang for your buck by building a rectangular structure than a round one.
- ph0rque 17y agoThe sun tracks in a straight line over a certain vertical range depending on your latitude. Not quite: http://www.gaisma.com/en/info/help.html http://www.gaisma.com/en/info/help.html
- dazzawazza 17y agoIt's expensive but the joy from growing your own food, the aesthetic pleasure of the dome, the mathematical pleasure of the structure and the knowledge of EXACTLY what's in your food are worth it IMHO. For more pleasure: get a pen and paper out, design the structure, calculate the angles, buy wood and build it yourself.
- canoebuilder 17y ago"get a pen and paper out, design the structure, calculate the angles" In that vein, this can be quite fun - http://sketchup.google.com/ http://sketchup.google.com/