The Chinese Greenhouse

Name: The Chinese Greenhouse
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Design and Build a Low-Cost, Passive Solar Greenhouse

By Dan Chiras

Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

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The Chinese Greenhouse by Dan Chiras explores sustainable gardening techniques tailored for challenging climates. This guide delves into the concept of the passive solar greenhouse, offering insights and practical advice on how to harness solar power for year-round food production. Its focus on innovative and eco-friendly solutions makes it an invaluable resource for gardening enthusiasts eager to cultivate their own fresh produce, regardless of the season.
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If you're passionate about sustainable gardening and innovative design, you might enjoy this book. It delves into the art of creating an efficient, eco-friendly greenhouse that can produce food year-round. Perfect for those interested in reducing their carbon footprint and embracing sustainable living practices.

The Chinese Greenhouse

The Chinese Greenhouse is the only complete guide to designing, building, and operating high-performance, earth-sheltered, solar-heated, intelligently glazed, and insulated passive greenhouses, allowing you to grow a variety of vegetables year-round-even in cold climates-in soil or aquaponics grow beds.

Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy

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Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy. Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven highly effective in growing warm-weather vegetables and fruits like green peppers and tomatoes in cold climates through autumn, winter, and early spring using passive solar energy as the sole heat source.

The Chinese Greenhouse is a full-colour comprehensive guide to these passive solar greenhouses for self-sufficiency and growing year-round in soil or aquaponic grow beds with no additional heat. Coverage includes:

How to design, build, and operate a Chinese greenhouse. How to improve performance via short-term and long-term heat banking. How to provide additional heat to make your greenhouse operate even more effectively. How to cool the greenhouse during the summer.

Become a more self-sufficient gardener, growing and harvesting a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables year-round, with your own Chinese greenhouse.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780865719293

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 November 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: New Society Publishers

Illustration: 125 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 635g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture Dan Chiras Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Home & Garden Mindset & Self Help New Year, New You Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Series: Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series

About the Author

Dan Chiras, PhD, is the author of 38 books, including Solar Electricity Basics, Power from the Wind, Power from the Sun, and The Homeowners Guide to Renewable Energy. He has taught workshops on solar electricity and passive solar heating for the Evergreen Institute, the American Solar Energy Society, the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association, and the University of Colorado. Over the past 45 years, Dan has published articles on natural building, green building, solar electricity, passive solar design, self-sufficiency, and sustainability in publications such as Solar Today, Home Power, and Mother Earth News. He has installed numerous solar electric and wind systems in Missouri and has lived on solar electricity since 1996. He lives on a solar- and wind-powered farm in Gerald, MO.