[GBlist] Greenhouses

[Mark Prout <mprout2@comcast.net>]

Newbie here.

I am considering a career change to escape the cube farm. My passion is
orchids and I foresee the need to build a greenhouse. Living in Missouri, I
am well aware that most orchid vendors surrender all profit to utility
companies in an effort to heat their glasshouses in the winter, even the
mild winters of recent years.

What is, where can I find the most up-to-date energy-efficient ideas and
designs in greenhouses? I have an idea that heatpumps drawing subterranean
air might be a good way to go (with gas-fired backup ... the new globally
warmed winters have given us more Arkansas-style winters -- ice storms
complete with downed power lines). If this is off-topic, just let me know.

Mark Prout
Kansas City


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