The biodome garden book
By: Patricia Watters
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Armour Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Lexington, KY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781463757366
Subjects: Solar greenhouses; Vegetable gardening; Greenhouses; Greenhouse gardening; Design and construction
Description: With over a hundred black and white photographs, as well as detailed diagrams, THE BIODOME GARDEN BOOK describes how to construct and maintain a unique, self-contained, passive solar greenhouse and aquaculture unit that needs no electrical ventilation or humidifying system. Unlike the usual greenhouse structure, the Biodome Garden is a design of superior strength, engineered with a high degree of structural integrity--an organic system capable of supplying animal and vegetable protein and nutrients, while also absorbing, storing, and radiating heat for a naturally humidified, moisture-retaining, weed-free, "potting soil" garden that includes a totally wind-powered ventilation system.
Table of contents: title: 1. Will you be prepared?; title: 2. Principles of the biodome garden; title: 3. Essentials for passive solar gardening; title: 4. Building the biodome garden, step by step; title: 5. Preparing the beds; title: 6. Utilizing the water tank; title: 7. Incorporating hydroponics; title: 8. Staying in control; title: 9. Easy-to-build accessories; title: 10. Bloack, stones or silo staves?