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Date: October 09, 2022 at 15:50:59
From: chatillon, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow |
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_3_gsgsnk |
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Kirsten Dirksen
Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to
20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman
Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse
without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the
earth's stable temperature (around 52 degrees in his
region) to grow warm weather and produce citrus, figs,
and pomegranates - in the snow.
Finch first discovered geothermal heating in 1979 when
he and his wife built it into their 4400-square-foot
dream home to cut energy costs. Eighteen years later,
they decided to add a 16'x80' greenhouse in the
backyard. The greenhouse resembles a pit greenhouse
(walipini) in that the floor is dug down 4 feet below
the surface, and the roof is slanted to catch the
southern sun.
Finch relies on the warm underground air fed into the
greenhouse via plastic tubing under the yard and one
fan to avoid using heaters for the cold Nebraska winter
nights.
Finch sells a "Citrus in the Snow" report detailing his
work with his "geo-air" greenhouses and says anyone can
build a market-producing greenhouse for about $25,000
or "less than the cost of a heating system on a
traditional greenhouse."
https://greenhouseinthesnow.com/
Original story on *faircompanies:
https://faircompanies.com/videos/nebr...
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Date: October 09, 2022 at 18:16:00
From: ryan, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow |
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that's cool! i mean warm...lol...
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