Four Season Greenhouse Growing in Zones with Climate Battery

In this video Joe Clark, author of HowToFarmAndGarden.com will explain how his greenhouse climate battery improvements have made it possible to grow year around.
This link is to the last video which will show you how the climate battery was upgraded from one zone to four. It also shows how the solar hot water collector was built and implemented. • Climate Battery Upgrad...
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[@chantallachance4905]

I live in Quebec, my greenhouse 12 feets per 22 feets is not full sun in winter, I dont insulate it, the north side of the wall is my house we have a lot of -15 -20 C and the soil is not Frozen, this autumn I put a compost pile with fence dog 2 feets tall, in march I going to put a cable heater on the compost put some top soil and seeds on with a clear plastic with grow light ( big heater pad). Nice video sir

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

Fantastic video. Very fast paced photos for me...I need to pause and ponder a bit. Exciting to see your success!

[@davecarney8227]

That's an amazing amount of work -looks great. Thanks for sharing this.

[@FlatheadInvestments]

Love what you're doing Joe. Thanks for sharing!

[@bullshoalsblues]

It seems like you may be able to capture more heat on sunny days to charge the underground battery if you had a hot air collector ( basically a duct with holes) near the top of the front wall where your vents are now and connected to your return air pipes going underground. Pushing that hotter air down there may allow you to vent less and have a warmer battery for the winter. Fantastic videos, looking forward to updates! Thanks!

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

"That was disappointing but a lesson for me" I think I should wear that on a t-shirt.....Problem is I need seven of those t-shirts. tHank you for a great review.

[@hans-ts7xm]

Thanks so much for that Video br from sweden Arnd

[@Susan-ur2vd]

Thank you for sharing this info!

[@Omegawerewolfx]

Cool design!

[@guzenergy]

very inspiring! I'm building one similar in Maine! Wish me luck!

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

Have fun!

[@jeffb343]

Thanks for the great information on your four season greenhouse. I would like more information on your new zone with the pex lines . I will be building a greenhouse this spring with the geothermal pipes . I'm thinking about putting the pex lines under the corrugated pipe. Are your temps coming out of that zone significantly better? thanks for any additional information.

[@gd2bnmt]

Thanks for such a great resource. Do you do on premise tours? I am researching climate batteries and very grateful you have a resource for Northwest MT.

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

You can contact me on genesisboichar.com

[@philandhannahslittlefarm1464]

There is a guy in Alberta that has a similarish greenhouse but he has a second layer with a insulated curtain that lowers over the glazing at night to help insulate.

[@pete1853]

His name is Dong Jianyi. You can find his channel on KZbin by searching for his name.

[@Terzy1984]

You are one of the only one that have there pipes under the greenhouse that have a sunkengreenhouse. Do you know why people usaly do there piping for geotermic outside the sunkengreenhuse and under when they have a greenhouse on the soil level?

[@johnathankeller1948]

This is so amazing! Do you just let your fan run year round? Or cycle it off and on through the day?

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

The fans are on thermostats. I am not growing this winter but it has worked well in the past when I grow in zones.

[@johnathankeller1948]

Thanks

[@806rambo]

Super! Are the tubings in earth with holes or without? What's the air fan power?

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

I used pipe with holes but would not recommend doing that. We experienced a water leak and had water infiltrate the pipes.

[@johngarth1]

What part of the country do you live? Wondering so I can have a better idea of your particular weather climate.

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

NW Montana

[@studygodsword5937]

. December 5th ??? I want to know how it is doing February 1st !

[@michaeleeten7783]

Could you share what fans you used? Happy with them or would you suggest something else?

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

The fans need to be sized to the amount of air you need to move as well as the size of pipe that you are using.

[@michaeleeten7783]

@@Howtofarmandgarden sorry, I should have said brand.

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

@@michaeleeten7783 VIVOSUN 8-Inch 740 CFM Inline Duct Fan. Performing well so far.

[@derekfowler5503]

These systems are examples of a great deal of thoughtful infrastructure but there are few examples of real food production. Is there something that I am missing?

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

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[@ricknelson3607]

Why did you not make this into a Walapini / underground greenhouse?

[@Howtofarmandgarden]

I am getting to old to climb but if I had it to do again I would of dug it down

[@merkox7857]

pex durability yet unknown ?

[@davefroman4700]

Flaw in your design sir. Heat energy always wants to rise. You should have put the pex loop under the air tubes. Preferable under 2ft of sand. Its a MUCH better thermal mass than just dirt.

[@jamesfisher9594]

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