OMG its a new post

Wow, I am not a good blogger. Seriously, hats off to all of you who actually post a blog consistently.

I has new stuff and pictures, yes. But, on flickr, rather than blogspot, cuz of the issues... sigh.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlfletcher/sets/72157603783136270/

I am hoping for some feedback.

so here are some details.
this is based on the idea of a tent which comes out of a bottle.
much of the structure is borrowed from existing tents.

This tent would not be "entered" by the gardener, other than their hands and arms.
Its sort of an incubator.

I want to make the dome in quarter sections that zip together, both for access and for venting.

I want to strike a balance between the most garden to be had and the need to enter into the space to tend it. I also hope that a small enough volume can be heated by the grow lights.



OK - numbers...

12.5 square feet ( dome with a 30 inch radius )
42 inches tall

reflective fly.- a laminate of ripstop nylon and metalized polyester (photographic reflector material)

clear plastic inflatable dome wall ( 6" thick )

ground cloth

ships in a container 24 inches tall x 12 wide ( at its widest )

requires power ( for lights ) which will be warm enough to heat this small volume
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if there are any glaring problems please let me know. I'll be glad to hear anything, really. :)

Carl

its about time...

for an update that is.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year have been and passed. The new year has brought new directions. I am continuing with my greenhouse design but in a different direction. My assumptions were challenged and I believe that I am on a better route now.
Previously my ideas of greenhouse had a certain supposition of size ( as in walk-in) that came from past examples of greenhouse-ness. I am examining ideas of non walk-ins ( incubators ) if you will.

I have competing themes at present, thermos-themed and fruit themed.
sketches will follow...

I am hoping to get some ETFE from one of the manufacturers (check it out on wikipedia and take a look at Project Eden in Cornwall UK)

I am also looking at using a mirrored acrylic plastic shell in order to trap light on the inside.

pictures are still a bit scarce.
I will put up sketches on my flickr soon.

another survey is in the works. I will link it soon.

thanks to all those who are helping me out.
-Carl