Yes, Virginia, There is Free lunch: It's Called the Solar Greenhouse!

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November/December 1975
by James B. Dekorne  
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[2]The easiest way to increase food production is to lengthen the growing season. Here in northern New Mexico, for instance, we're trying to stretch a threemonth season to twelve.

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[31 The greenhouse owner has space to start garden seedlings early, and can sell some for added family income.

[41 Utilization of vertical space makes a greenhouse more productive than a garden of the same square footage . . . and the resultant space-conserving nature of the design makes this addon all-year garden feasible for urban as well as rural dwellers.

[51 In dry areas like New Mexico and much of the Southwest, the closed environment of the greenhouse conserves water.

[61 The excess or waste heat from the top of the greenhouse goes directly into the house, and the structure thus becomes a supplemental heating unit.

[71 The greenhouse is an attractive and healthful addition to a home. Ours provides space for our infant daughter's sandbox and gives her a bright, sunny area in which to play all winter.

-Bill Yanda

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