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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

Curmudgeoness

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4. I sounds great, but I don't believe it will work here in W PA.

Reply to Flaxbee (Original post)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:27 PM

Feb 2013

My basement is at least that deep, and it is really cold down there in the winter, 50 degrees or lower. I don't know of many plants that will grow at those temps. Besides the cold, we don't have enough sun in the winter to help there.....I have seen gray skies for so long that if I see the sun, I might go blind.

But for places that are more moderate, I think this would be great. We all want fresh grown produce in the middle of the winter, but mostly we can only dream.

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Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening [View all] Flaxbee Feb 2013 OP

Brilliant. silverweb Feb 2013 #1

You are pretty brilliant, yourself, silverweb Demeter Feb 2013 #2

You give me too much credit. silverweb Feb 2013 #3

I thought that in cold climates you had to go a good bit deeper to get constant temps? TekGryphon Jun 2013 #13

It's not an unreasonable depth. silverweb Jun 2013 #15

I sounds great, but I don't believe it will work here in W PA. Curmudgeoness Feb 2013 #4

Lots of veggies do fine in 50F weather NickB79 May 2013 #11

Well, if it would work in MN, I guess it would work here. Curmudgeoness May 2013 #12

I think my pepper plants would have a fit :( TekGryphon Jun 2013 #14

I think you are right. we can do it Jun 2013 #17

I love this idea and I have an eight foot deep pit womanofthehills Feb 2013 #5

This would work, even in Northern Ontario, Canada ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #6

I'm likely too far north for this laundry_queen Mar 2013 #7

Underground? - just one or two light bulbs would keep it from freezing. ConcernedCanuk Apr 2013 #8

Very interesting! Thank you for posting. Kaleva May 2013 #9

It's an Earthship.. for plants!! im1013 May 2013 #10

It's a very cool idea but $300 is such a low-ball estimate. intheflow Jun 2013 #16

$1,000 for fresh food? ConcernedCanuk Jun 2013 #18

It's a privileged project any way you look at it. intheflow Jun 2013 #19

That was totally cool. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #20

Neat idea, I've thought of something similar but never had the time and opportunity TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #21