This video shows early starting in an inexpensive simple high tunnel greenhouse. It demonstrates basic ways of using the protective structure in northern climates to extend the growing season.

Using an unheated greenhouse in upstate New York, this grower is able to overwinter vegetables, in a partially insulated 750 square foot passive solar structure with barrels of water for thermal mass. This is a detailed tour of the structure and how it was built.

In this episode of Ivan Emke’s Fit to Eat podcast, Ivan and Dan Rubin visit David Jason Goodyear in Flatrock, NL, and learn how he grows and stores almost all his food with his earth sheltered greenhouse, raised bed garden and root cellar. Click here to access the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-73996591/s2e2-david-goodyear?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_content=https%253A%252F%252Fsoundcloud.com%252Fuser-73996591%252Fs2e2-david-goodyear

This greenhouse design, which is common in China, where hundreds of acres are covered with similar structures, works just fine in sub zero temperatures in Alberta where selected crops may be grown year round. Using an earth berm for passive sun energy storage, it works just fine, for the right crops.

In a series of articles, we will help you explore how to choose your greenhouse options – siting, shape, covering material, growing systems, etc. – in order to get the most out of your new construction. This series will be aimed at helping you plan your first greenhouse, but, even if you’re a seasoned grower, you may still find a few gems of wisdom along the way. To begin, let’s define what a greenhouse is and how it works. After that, we can take a look at what you will want

Researchers in Manitoba have been exploring the potential for Chinese style passive solar greenhouses for growing food in cold climates. Here is an article about their work: https://www.greenhousecanada.com/the-solar-solution-1562/

Growing in Newfoundland and Labrador can be challenging. Growing in Deep Winter Greenhouse may be an option to provide healthy food to small communities. Learn more in the video below!

Annette Clarke’s nursery is expanding the definition of what’s growable out east. Tart Chilean guava berries, plump persimmons the size of tomatoes, and pods of blue sausage fruit, also known as dead man’s fingers. This list sounds like an inventory of the world’s most magical fruit aisle, but in fact, all of this exotic produce (and more) is currently sprouting in a massive greenhouse located just outside of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Exotic Fruit Nursery, an operation built an