January 12, 2021

The Deep Winter Greenhouse at Flatrock (Video)

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Growing in Newfoundland and Labrador can be challenging. Growing in Deep Winter Greenhouse may be an option to provide healthy food to small communities. I consider myself to be a guinea pig in this experiment. Can we grow successfully with low power requirements? I am betting that we can! Highly insulated passive solar structures can even work in our horrible climate!

Greenhouses The Deep Winter Greenhouse at Flatrock (Video)

About the Author:

David J. Goodyear grew up in Carmanville, a small community in Notre Dame Bay. He holds a PhD in condensed matter physics and has been involved in peer reviewed research. He taught at the university level, and now works as a medical physicist at the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Center in St. John's. David has designed and built one of Newfoundland's first earth sheltered greenhouses which he uses to grow food year-round in Flatrock, Newfoundland.

One Response to The Deep Winter Greenhouse at Flatrock (Video)

  1. Local Food with Dan Rubin of the Food Producers Forum – CCNL.ca says:
    March 30, 2021 at 8:12 am

    […] the Earth Sheltered Greenhouse at The O’Brien Farm in St. John’s. Dave Goodyear is the owner of Newfoundland’s first earth-sheltered greenhouse in Flatrock, NL and is helping to design The O’Brien Farm […]

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