Innovation To Promote Efficiency

    I lost some month old basil, the cauliflower, and some different plants which are going to need a heated environment to protect them from the cold and encourage healthier growth while still young. I also want to see if I can do some winter growing of lettuces and such .

 The rest of the plants did ok during this years winter cycle.

   So what I have decided to do is build a large cold frame to test the ability of the passive water heater to transfer and store hot water under the raised cold frame, if successful a larger unit can be constructed in the future.

 It starts with framing this tempered glass I've had sitting around for quite a while and building and insulating a cement container to hold a 55 gallon drum of hot water.

The entire design will be organic, all gravity fed which requires no electricity to operate. 




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