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Passive Greenhouse in Cold Canadian Climate

 
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Pretty impressive! This guy makes a passive greenhouse work even on the Canadian Prairies at -35C. He's growing all sorts of crazy tropical stuff, not just lettuce and tomatoes.

https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-farmer-growing-tropical-foods-in-his-passive-solar-greenhouse-1.6301720
 
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Oh Yeah - his setup, design, and use of materials is awesome ! Watch his youtube channel - seriously this guy has it going on ! I can only imagine how mentally taxing the ceiling insulation job was though...
 
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For anyone interested, the YouTube link was embedded in the news story:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mkOYWyczrSk?feature=share
 
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I want to cross post this in community because this is my DREAM. Only mountains too maybe ?

It’s not cold - you just need better gear and a better attitude
 
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