1. "Walipini" - the pit greenhouse (underground greenhouse) for ALL SEASONS 01: examples    With Walipini, EVERY COUNTRY can run its own agriculture ALL YEAR THROUGH. NO pesticides - NO machines - NO long transports - NO overuse of hot regions' water resources for plantations any more etc. MINIMAL costs - Mother Earth gives it to you!         Anden: Das Walipini ist ein halb unterirdisches Treibhaus mit Erdwärme, wo es nie unter 0 Grad wird [1] Wisconsin ("USA"): Schlauch-Grubengewächshaus von Roald Gundersen mit Hochbeet [5]
2. "Walipini" - the pit greenhouse (underground greenhouse) 02: construction details with plans etc.    NO pesticides - NO machines - NO long transports - NO overuse of water reserves in warm regions for plantations, etc. LITTLE energy consumption - Mother Earth has got it!       Grubentreibhaus voll versenkt mit Sonnendach, Plan Querschnitt Schema Indien Ladakh: Passivtreibhaus mit Erdwärme, Konzept, Plan, Querschnitt, Schema
3. "Walipini" - the sunk pit greenhouse 03: with earth tables like raised beds With these protected earth tables you can evade any back pain and the time for crops is half - as with raised beds    Walipini pit greenhouse in Wisconsin ("USA") with raised beds on both sides Plan of a Walipini pit greenhouse with two trenches so 2 normal and 1 large raised beds come out

4a: Walipini pit greenhouses completely sunk with a flat roof 04a1: Germany: Little walipini pit greenhouse 3x5m in the garden in a little slope (step)    (2020 appr.) Agriculture during 365 days a year WITHOUT heating: roof inclined to the sun, 3 of 4 sides are in the earth       The box is finished, now the roof bars are planted on the pole ends [11] The roof (double sheet polycarbonate) with inclination to the south, and the entrance is to the east [18] In the box the path is covered with bark [34] - and now planting can begin in the beds [35]

4a2: Bolivia: construction of a Walipini appr.10x10m dug into a plain (2002)   Agricultural cultivation during 365 days a year with NO heating: the roof is inclined towards the sun, sunk with all 4 sides      Andes: The Walipini is a half underground greenhouse with geothermal energy where it never becomes below 0 degrees [6] Bolivia, Walipini (pit greenhouse) in the high Andes, completely sunk pit greenhouse, cross-section [4] Bolivia with the completely sunk Walipini pit greenhouse, the view from the outside with the air outlet in the roof [15]

4b: Walipini pit greenhouses completely sunk with a gable roof

4c: Walipini pit greenhouses with a window front 04c1: Illinois: "Walipini" pit greenhouse with earth tables like raised beds + water barrels (2017)    Pit greenhouse at Red Gate Farm (Illinois) With these protected earth tables, any back pain is evaded and harvest time is halved - as with raised beds       Excavator work 02 the trench, the raised bed remains [4] - Plants in the raised bed pit greenhouse 03 [31] - Farmer at his pit greenhouse in front of the solar window front [78]

4d. Walipini pit greenhouse on the surface with double walls around 4d1: Ladakh in India: pit greenhouse with double walls around and special painting in the interior (GERES 2009)           Pit greenhouse on the surface with earth walls, cross section scheme [2] The solar green house with it's solar front side, with double earth walls and special colors, cross section [4] NGO GERES in India: Walipini passive solar greenhouse in Ladakh with double walls and special colors in the interior [5]

4d2: Dharapori (Nepal): Pit greenhouse on the surface with double wall U with more ventilation (RIDS 2008)   Fresh vegetables by a Walipini during summer and winter, evading long hikes, and more health and efficiency for mountain life        Dharapori (Humla province in Nepal): Walipini with wall U [1] Nepal Dharapori: Floor plan of the Walipini in the area with double wall U (2008) [2]

Pdfs


Umbrella homes: an overview
https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1254.pdf
http://www.norishouse.com/PAHS/UmbrellaHouse.html


Earth ships of Michael Reynolds

-- Sunday, 13 June 2010Some Thoughts on EarthshipsBy Chillumjon (a blogger in the UK): https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1255.pdf
Web site: http://thingsthatwindmeup.blogspot.com/2010/06/some-thoughts-on-earthships.html

-- Earth ships of Michael Reynolds, examples: https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1256.pdf

Pit greenhouse
Walipini pit greenhouses, list: https://www.solaripedia.com/56/search-results.html?keywords..

The walipini underground greenhouse: survey: https://www.oldtimewisdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Walipini_Greenhouse.pdf
Passive solar heating principles: https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1258.pdf
Pit greenhouse Bolivia 2002: https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1257.pdf
Pit greenhouse in Ladakh (pdf 61 pages): https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1087.pdf

Greenhouse attached to houses
Ladakh: Construction of 2 inclined walls to a house and putting transparent white plastic sheet:
https://permies.com/t/21723/Greenhouses-Altitute

Timber houses
Heavy timber construction: https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1259.pdf
Fire resistence of timper structure: https://www.solaripedia.com/files/1260.pdf

The partially-submerged YMCA Solar Greenhouse in Blacksburg, Virginia.

A clearinghouse of info on solar greenhouses from L. David Roper.

Mike Oehler’s Earth Sheltered Greenhouse.

Photos of underground greenhouse construction in Kyrgyzstan.

How Joseph Orr built a mud heat-storage solar greenhouse that even heats an adjacent room.

A step-by-step look at building a cinder block underground greenhouse.

Photos of a bermed, solar-heated greenhouse in Southern Idaho.

Step-by-step construction photos of a small, earth-sheltered greenhouse.

Step-by-step instructions and designs for a quonset hut style greenhouse made from chain link fence top railings. You’ll need a lot of land for this one.

If you’re okay with this, here’s how to build a greenhouse that’s heated by an adjacent chamber of compost.

What life is like at the Solviva greenhouse, where it’s 4 degrees outside but, inside the greenhouse, you can be plucking fresh tomatoes in 75-degree heat.


Libros buenos como construir un invernadero medio subterráneo (invernadero bajo tierra)

The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book by Mike Oehler

Solviva: How To Grow $500,000 On One Acre by Anna Edey

The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by Eliot Coleman

Solar Greenhouses Underground by Daniel Geery

The Solar Greenhouse Book by James McCullagh

Gardener’s Solar Greenhouse: How to Build and Use a Solar Greenhouse for Year-Round Gardening by Ray Wolf


Más material sobre el invernadero medio subterráneo (invernadero bajo tierra)

National Center For Appropriate Technology: Learn about slope, orientation, glazing, etc

Solar Greenhouses: Lots of info here by L. David Roper!

Compost heated greenhouses: Provided by the National Center For Appropriate Technology

Cedar Built Greenhouses: Wood greenhouse kits, they will make a kit for your foundation

Build It Solar: For other solar greenhouse links

Vídeo sobre invernaderos medio subterráneos (invernaderos bajo tierra)

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