Saturday, August 29th
My wonderful architect, Scott Harvey, has put together an awesome set of plans for the greenhouse.
Stats:
- Greenhouse in Central Colorado (south of Denver, north of Co Springs)
- Just under 800 sq ft (21′ X 40′ outside measurement)
- 15′ at the peak
- Solar with SHCS (subterranean heating & cooling system)
- 25′ from house with covered-in-winter pergola leading to the door
- West and North sides almost completely underground, East about 1/2 way
Why’s & Wherefores
- It’s away from the house so shadows don’t cover it up. In the winter, our sun sets close to 2pm with darkness hitting around 4pm. We need as much solar gain as possible.
- The pergola will be covered in ??? to block wind, snow and cold. Hopefully, this will keep the greenhouse in permaculture zone 1.
- It’s a big-un because everything I read said that you’d always want one bigger than you build.
- The foundation is on an adjusted-for-latitude E-W line for full southern exposure. Our foundation guy was so patient with me. (Our excavator as well, but he’s my husband running a rented backhoe.)
