A Walipini is a greenhouse that is built into the ground to take advantage of the more stable temperatures and thermal mass of the earth. Ranging from simple to elaborate, these structures allow you to grow all year long, in almost any climate on earth. Build your own, and take control of your food future.
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Pink and silver - impatiens and dichondra
art studio -- love everything about this -- the metal roof, the different woods, the old windows, the flower boxes.... cool.
Make on smaller scale display water cans unique items inside ?west side shed
“Underground” Greenhouse Grows Citrus In The Snow -wonderful green house built 5ft down, uses an air blower to circulate air from 10 feet or more underground into the green house, same idea used for his home, marvelous energy efficient way to grow food through winter-
Growhole: Nick and Adrienne’s is a large house dug into the side of a gentle slope, mostly underground. The southern area is a greenhouse about twenty by thirty feet with a small mediation room off to one side. Nick is a potter and jeweler and also studies architecture.
Walipini, or underground greenhouse is an incredibly effective way to grow food year round in climates subject to below freezing temps. The sun's light and heat comes through the plastic roof and is trapped inside, heating up the walls and keeping it warm (above about 50 deg) all night. The other advantage is the protection from wind as there ar...
Below ground greenhouse. Like a basement the temperature stays constant year round.
This beautiful small, inexpensive and modern home design is anything but what it seems. From a distance this curiously simple-looking green house almost disappears into the natural landscape and up close it looks like a broken old greenhouse with trees slowly pushing up through its remains.
Living Lightly in a Wavering World: Field Trip: Partially Underground Greenhouse
No appropriate for our current home but something about this is very interesting. underground greenhouse attached to side of house...easier....
underground greenhouse
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