The problem: All greenhouses in a cold climate need heat. So they consume energy and require human discipline. At the same time, it is possible that on a sunny day, a greenhouse can get hot enough to kill everything inside.
The solution: We have a plan to create a greenhouse that requires no heat, and will never overheat. Mostly, we will use the heat from the summer to heat the structure through the winter. And if we have a moment of excess heat we will passively store it and save it for later - with no harm to the plants, all with no need for human discipline.
The Greenhouse is Built, and the Movie is complete!
This came at the perfect time, getting ready to design a greenhouse for my market garden next year - can't STAND the polytunnel plastic structures. Was already thinking a sink it ~3 feet into the ground but those little ideas in the vid got my brain working.
the west well, with the 1 inch destratification pipe (2.2 degrees improvement), is performing better than the east well with the 1.5 inch destratification pipe (1.7 degrees improvement).
I think it is acceptable to say that the 1 inch destratification pipe wins this test.
To test whether the pipes are what's driving the temperature change, cap the pipes. If the temperature trend continues unabated, then the pipes aren't responsible.
Devoured by giant spiders without benefit of legal counsel isn't called "justice" where I come from!
-Amazon Women On The Moon
I guess I missed the email.
Where can I access it since I don't see it in "My stuff"? The only wofati stuff I have in there is the pre-order link and the microdoc.
By the way, I did the $15 pre-order.
Thank you Paul.
Hugh
paul wheaton wrote:Part 1 has already been released.
Okay Paul, last question for today since I'm obviously confused. That link takes me to something you put up 4 months ago and is asking for $25 to view it.
What did I get for the $15 pre-order purchase I made a few weeks ago?
I truly appreciate that you're replying to my questions so quickly.
Hugh
paul wheaton wrote:This is a thing we made just for kickstarter backers at a higher level
We are talking about making a trailer and this is the script we have so far. Suggestions? Comments?
We built a greenhouse in montana that uses zero electricity. Not even a fan. And we did it with mostly logs and mud found on the property.
Our design starts with adding a trench. Then a berm on the north side. A trench under the trench. Destratrification pipes. Thermal wells. And our wofati designs.
Nothing like it has ever been tried before. And our results are magnificent!
Zero cement. Zero paint. Less than 1% of the plastic and glue used in standard greenhouses. Zero energy and the interior stayed above freezing while the outside temperatures dipped to 12 below.
This started off as a crazy experimental idea, and more than 2000 people threw money at us with the instructions to try! At Wheaton Labs we are bonkers about experiments. So the permaculture bootcamp took it on! Josiah led the roundwood timber framing build and Kyle made dry stack steps and a door with a wooden spring in the latch.
The two hour movie starts with the detailed design, moving on to the build and wrapping up with the remarkable results.
paul wheaton wrote:We are talking about making a trailer and this is the script we have so far. Suggestions? Comments?
We built a greenhouse in montana that uses zero electricity. Not even a fan. And we did it with mostly logs and mud found on the property.
Our design starts with adding a trench. Then a berm on the north side. A trench under the trench. Destratrification pipes. Thermal wells. And our wofati designs.
Nothing like it has ever been tried before. And our results are magnificent!
Zero cement. Zero paint. Less than 1% of the plastic and glue used in standard greenhouses. Zero energy and the interior stayed above freezing while the outside temperatures dipped to 12 below.
This started off as a crazy experimental idea, and more than 2000 people threw money at us with the instructions to try! At Wheaton Labs we are bonkers about experiments. So the permaculture bootcamp took it on! Josiah led the roundwood timber framing build and Kyle made dry stack steps and a door with a wooden spring in the latch.
The two hour movie starts with the detailed design, moving on to the build and wrapping up with the remarkable results.
I can’t wait -either to get the plans - or to build one! Does it cool when it is too hot outside - the weather is going crazy in both directions alternately!
This started off as a crazy experimental idea, and more than 2000 people threw money at us with the instructions to try!
Threw money at us sounds casual and whimsical, but I wonder if something else might have a more intentional thing about it. Something like
This started off as a crazy experimental idea, and more than 2000 thought it sounded mega inspiring, so they pointed their own hard-earned dollars at us, with the instructions to try!
Small suggestion, take it or leave it. I like the rest of the script.
At the 21:00 mark you’re using an orange tool to help direct the fall of the tree. What tool is that?
Edited to say that I found what looks to be the same, or at least similar, tool on Amazon and it’s only $1340. I guess I’ll stick with my rope puller or my truck winch for the difficult trees.
Very cool tool though. 🤷♂️
I just finished the movie. Very well done, the bldg is awesome and the attention to detail is amazing. I am very impressed with this greenhouse and I’m looking forward to how it performs over the years. AGS takes time to stabilize.
Do you think this is scalable? That is a tremendous amount of work for what appears to be a 10’ x 10’ greenhouse with maybe 2O ft2 of grow beds.
I've never dreamed that was going to be so hard. Loved the timber framing.
This is so much work. How much do you think it could cost to have a TPG (Truly Passive Greenhouse) installed? Was it cost effective?
When I saw the thumbnail of the photo before clicking on the thread--I thought, wow, they've upcycled a bus, into the green house. Then I see that no, you haven't done that. But this is what the buses touring around Mexico City's neighborhoods 20+ years ago looked like. Mexico City Pesero Bus
These buses can be had in Mexico City's junk yards, could I make a mild climate winter greenhouse--kind of like a high tunnel, out of a stripped one of these? Coldest overnight lows, right around freezing, our biggest out-of-season growing issue is the extremes, burning sun around 1 pm with a high in the 80s and a light frost overnight.
I've never dreamed that was going to be so hard. Loved the timber framing.
This is so much work. How much do you think it could cost to have a TPG (Truly Passive Greenhouse) installed? Was it cost effective?
I also would like to know the cost of the Greenhouse as built?
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