"Chris" ] wrote in message
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What about growing things indoors?
I'm primarily interested in veg.
It's no good sowing seeds outdoors now.
But if I left fluorescent lights on, what are the possibilities?
It might be extravagant and wasteful of energy.
But leaving that aside for a moment, what could be done?
Consider an indoor room, with central heating on during the day,
and fluorescent lights on - either permanently - or just during the day.
Does any of this make sense - or is it a stupid idea?
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Chris

My brother has built an addition onto the south side of his house approx 2
meters out and as wide and high as the original house was.

On the south side of the addition, he left a hole in the wall to allow him
to build an extention that that started a meter off the floor of the
addition, went out an additional half meter, and was a half meter high.
Then for a floor in this extension, he built a framework to hold plastic
tubs with holes in the bottom to make a long, narrow dirt holder. He made a
sloping roof over the extension out of a durable plastic that allowed light
to get through, put glass or clear plastic around the sides and insulated
the walls. He installed a normal light and a gas heater. and finished the
wall outside so it matched the house.

He now grows tomatoes year round, but could grow what ever he wanted in his
half meter high, hald meter deep, and approx 4 meter long "greenhouse".

Good luck. Dwayne