Cheapest DIY Greenhouse Heating Experiment - Solar Powered Air & Water Heating Systems - 2024/2025

[@nitcat1]

Thanks for the details and taking us along on the construction 🎉

[@Earthdwellershomestead]

Thank you for checking this out!

[@normberg1347]

Hey, My name is Norm. I'm replacing my seasonal hoop house with a year round heated one. I'm DIY so always looking to save money and creative ideas. The algorithm sent me to you channel. I guess the algorithm worked... I've watched the set up vids for this episode and subscribed. I'm looking forward to your adventures. My climate is colder than yours with night time temps dropping to the single digits and sometimes heavy snow loads. I don't have much space, no room for 9' compost piles but I like what you did there. It's clear you've been doing those for years. you've learned a lot and it's nice to see all of those lessons put to good use. I will be using passive and active heating, but moving and storing the heat for night time use is where I'm looking for ideas. I've got my sights set on exploring sand batteries and some old solar panels I've got taking up space in my garage. I'm looking for best practices with sand battery designs. It should be fun to experiment with. I wish you the best with your experiments. I will come along for the ride. Thanks for sharing.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

I really wish I had the space to do this!! But I think I can make some Hot-beds, to extends my growing season, just as long as Im able to get some extra light,cheaply, do you have any recomendations or advise about grow-lights for vegetables? .TIA. Andrea and Critters. ...XxX...

[@Earthdwellershomestead]

I would do a little searching for lights, we found some to experiment with last year which seemed to work well. We only spent maby 80$ or so to run them I believe we figured, for a few months in winter. Getting full spectrum red through blue/violet are a must. Thanks for the interest! Hot beds are doable if you get a good excavated area and have a good layer of soil over the compost, best of luck!

[@Carpe_the_F_Diem]

Question: Would a normal radiator heater not work better compared to the pond?

[@Earthdwellershomestead]

Do you mean running water to a heat exchanging system/radiator instead of to the pond? If so, here’s my thoughts. We’ve got a space heater from compost already, radiators typically hold hot water/steam but not in large quantities. I would rather have the energy stored in a large water mass than spending btu’s heating air specifically as the air will exchange the heat fast while the water will exchange it all night.

[@Carpe_the_F_Diem]

@Earthdwellershomestead that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for clarifying mate!

[@jamess1787]

First 🥇