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I do not know what fig variety it is... I can only tell that the figs are brown, medium size, delicious, and mid-season.

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Most of our trees are self-pollinating. A few years ago we also bought some bumblebees, but the air draft of the natural ventilation does most of the job. One of our UA-cam friends here also suggested placing a beehive within the greenhouse wall with 2 trap doors: one that we can open towards the greenhouse when the trees are in bloom, and a second one that we will open to the outside for the rest of the spring, summer and fall.

You are right, people found lucrative solutions for growing citrus in colder climates.

@@HumanWisdom Food is one thing you never want to rely on being delivered. With LED and other tech a spare bedroom is next step with seasonal lighting regiment plus humidifier. Working now on compost furnace as winter heat:)

Pour éviter le risque de surchauffe il faut avoir des grandes fenêtres au plus HAUT niveau des murs frontals (ou idéalement directement sr le toit, si possible), et AUSSI des fenêtres au niveau le plus BAS sur les autres murs. Le plastique est du type 6 mil utilisé currement pour les serres et il resiste 5-6 ans.

We open large windows at the highest part of the end walls, and all the windows along the side walls - which ensure good natural ventilation (without any fan).

Congratulations, I am very glad to hear that you found alternative ways to grow temperate-climate fruits in a cold climate! If you would like to see how you can also grow fig trees in the ground in a cold climate, you can watch this video: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html Best regards!

Thank you very much! You can see all the construction details for the wood arches, earth shelves as well as a brand new Plus4Zone greenhouse in this video: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html I wish you best success in your future green project!

I wish you best success in your future green project!

You can see all the construction details of this greenhouse in this video: ua-cam.com/video/lnmpeYFBm54/v-deo.html Then, you can also see the construction of an improved greenhouse model in this video: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html

You are right, the snow on the roof was shading the greenhouse, but in the middle of winter (when the cold insulation of the snow counted quite a lot) all our plants were dormant, so they practically did not need much light, if any. That would not have been the case for some citrus plants for instance, which keep their leaves in wintertime, but for those, in time, we found alternative solutions... You can see a good example in this video: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html

I am very glad to hear about your citrus trees - I love them! In zone 8, with a thermal efficient greenhouse, you can create a real 'fruit paradise'! We have recently built our 'dream house' in climate zone 7-8, which has a terrace with a small indoor Mediterranean garden, where we planted a few young citrus trees, olive, pomegranate, figs, and even a couple of young mango trees - and it all became a wonderful green space... You can see all the features and the main construction steps of this house in this video: ua-cam.com/video/ometMU9dY8Y/v-deo.html

You can see all the greenhouse construction details in this video: ua-cam.com/video/lnmpeYFBm54/v-deo.html

Thank you very much!

I am so glad to hear about your passion for growing organic food and I am sure that you will succeed in your green project and many people will benefit from it! I wish you and your family to enjoy every step of it!

Thank you very much! I am very glad that you find this video useful and I wish you best success and enjoyment of your green project!

Thank you!

Most of our trees are self-pollinating. A few years ago we also bought some bumblebees, but the air draft of the natural ventilation does most of the job. One of our UA-cam friends here also suggested placing a beehive within the greenhouse wall with 2 trap doors: one that we can open towards the greenhouse when the trees are in bloom, and a second one that we will open to the outside for the rest of the spring, summer and fall.

Thank you!

Hello! We did have some occasional pest issues with woolly aphids and cherry slugs, for which I used a mix of oil and water, and a mix of liquid soap and water.

I saw a video where a guy used finches to get rid of pest naturally in his greenhouse and frogs to get rid of a snail infestation.

I am very glad that you found this video useful. We mainly used comfrey, either as 'chop & drop', or as a comfrey 'tea'. A cellar is very useful indeed. I wish you best success and enjoyment of your green project!

Thank you for your answer! I forgot to ask, how do you do with pollination? Or is it self-pollination? I suppose bees cannot enter in the green house

@@vladterran2271 Pollination is being done by natural air ventilation. There are large windows at the highest level of both side walls, and also at the lower level of the front wall - which create natural ventilation based on a chimney effect, without any fan being necessary.

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@@vladterran2271 Cu placere! Numai bine!

With pleasure!

Thank you! With pleasure!

We grew successfully cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, figs, and table grapes. And we grew vegetables on the planting shelves that I built on the earth walls of the greenhouse. You can see all the details in this video: ua-cam.com/video/lnmpeYFBm54/v-deo.html

I am very glad to hear that you have been to Romania! We built this house not far from the capital Bucharest.

Thank you! Most of our fruit trees and plants here are self-pollinating, and the air draft of the natural ventilation (without a fan) does the pollination job quite well.

Thank you! The exterior of the house is of polystyrene covered with an acrylic coat (usually called EIFS - exterior insulation and finish system). Regarding the cost, as you know, things are constantly changing… but I would say the cost of building this house in Romania was half, or maybe even one third, of the cost of building it in Canada. The sunroom front wall is of 10 mm double-wall polycarbonate, and the two side walls are of 6 mm glass.

Thank you very much!

Congratulations for your greenhouse and for all the delicious fruits that you have been growing in it!

Hello. Thank you for this good infor.ation. I am in St Andrews Manitoba and I will like to tour your green house. I am hoping to build a green house for fee tropical fruits. And as you some questions.

@@onlinethings9238 not sure I posted a couple times to you, but they seam to get deleted. but feel free to contact me if you like just google my last name and farms to get a #. if you want to get ahold of me or google "krywenko Greenhouse for colder climate" and post on OEM and I will answer you there

We sold our house in Montreal and the fruit trees are in good hands. What climate zone are you in your region?

I am very glad to hear about your green project! I do not have the 'as built' plans of our 'sun terrace', but, even if I would, those plans would not be of much help to the specific configuration of your house... Instead, if you would like to email me a few pictures of the exterior of your house, I can prepare a little sketch and send you back my opinion - hw@humanwisdom.ca I would like to mention that, based on our experience, the ideal position of a 'sun terrace' would be on the East side of the house (not on the South). That way, the terrace will receive direct sunshine in the morning and first half of the day, but will be in the house shadow in the afternoon, thus avoiding the strong afternoon heat in the middle of summer. We have recently finished construction of our 'dream house' with a sun terrace and an indoor Mediterranean garden, and I just published a YT video about the features and main construction steps of this house, which you may be interested to watch: ua-cam.com/video/ometMU9dY8Y/v-deo.html

Thanks for letting me know about the other video. Lots of info there. Still under a few feet of the white stuff, when the snow melts I will send you some pictures and pick your brain about my plan. Your advice is greatly appreciated. Will talk soon!@@HumanWisdom

@@presterjohn556 With pleasure!

Sant roman! Multumesc!

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I am very glad to hear about your desire to build a thermal-efficient greenhouse! Here are a few suggestions. 1. Digging the greenhouse in the ground 1 to 4 feet (depending on the local climate zone) and placing the excavated earth as berm walls around is definitely helping, and the berm will prevent any flooding. It is important to insulate with some extruded polystyrene the berm to the inside the greenhouse. I think that digging more than that may become detrimental, because we also need to ventilate adequately the greenhouse space - and to do that we have to install large windows at the HIGHEST level of some of the walls (or ideally, directly on the roof), AND also at the LOWEST level of some other walls, to create natural ventilation based on a chimney effect. (If the greenhouse would be 6 feet in the ground for example, then we could not place windows at the lower level...). 2. The glaze brings in the vital sunshine, but also loses a lot of heat in the winter... So, reducing its area to a minimum AND creating an insulating air space between 2 layers: one of plastic (on the roof), and a second one of frost cloth (as a ceiling) is very important. 3. If we orient the greenhouse East-West, we receive maximum sunshine during the day from the South. But also, the inside South wall will remain cold in winter, spring, and fall... because the sunshine will not reach that wall... Therefore, I prefer, if possible, to orient the greenhouse North-South, so the sunshine will warm up most of the walls. 4. I would create planting shelves on all the earth walls of the greenhouse, which will double the planting area. I suggest watching this update video, where you will see some further unheated greenhouse projects, which may inspire you: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html I wish you best success and enjoyment of your green project!

Thanks so much for that detailed reply - I really appreciate that. im going to watch move of your videos including the one you mentioned. You're doing incredible thing. Really inspirational. @@HumanWisdom

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Hello, I am very glad to hear about your desire to build a fruitful green project! I assume the second part of the video may have answered at least some of your questions, but here are a few additional notes. 1. Digging the greenhouse in the ground 1 to 4 feet (depending on the local climate zone) and placing the excavated earth as berm walls around is definitely helping. It is important to insulate with some extruded polystyrene the berm to the inside the greenhouse! I think that digging more than that may become detrimental, because we also need to ventilate adequately the greenhouse space - and to do that we have to install large windows at the HIGHEST level of some of the walls (or ideally, directly on the roof), AND also at the LOWEST level of some other walls, to create a natural ventilation based on a chimney effect. (If the greenhouse would be 6 feet in the ground for example, then we could not place windows at the lower level...). 2. The glaze brings in the vital sunshine, but also loses a lot of heat in the winter... So, reducing its area to a minimum AND creating an insulating air space between 2 layers of plastic (on the roof) and frost cloth (as a ceiling) is very important. 3. If we orient the greenhouse East-West, we receive maximum sunshine during the day from the South. But also, the inside South wall will remain cold in winter, spring, and fall... because the sunshine will not reach that wall... Therefore, I prefer to orient the greenhouse North-South, so the sunshine will warm up most of the walls. 4. I would create planting shelves on all the earth walls of the greenhouse, which will double the planting area. I would suggest watching this update video, where you will see some further unheated greenhouse projects, which may inspire you: ua-cam.com/video/YvcaRhWt3qQ/v-deo.html I wish you best success and enjoyment of your green project!

@@HumanWisdom thank you very much for such a thorough response. I will copy and save it for later. Thank you for the video.

@@kittyvenven With pleasure!

Thank you very much!

As they say: When there is a will, there is a way... 🙂

Thank you!

The house in Montreal has been sold, but this one you can come to visit us any time. Just send us an email in advance to let us know when you would like to come.

Thank you, you are very kind!

With pleasure.

Thank you!

Thank you.

Thank you very much!

You are right, this is a terrace with a small indoor garden. We will build two greenhouses on this property: yesterday we started work on a year-round vegetable greenhouse, and in spring we will start working on a larger greenhouse with an indoor Mediterranean garden.

Hi my friend I’m in Scotland not far away love your excellent ideas. Would love to visit your home in the future to see the progress if your available. Thanks thomas 🌞❤️🌱

@@thomasholden1974 Hello Thomas, you are welcome to come and visit us! Just send us an email in advance when you would like to come. Best regards!

Amazing! Congratulations!

@@marianvlad9047 Thank you!

Thank you. We are in Europe right now, working on a couple of new 'green projects'. If you have specific questions, you can send us an email at hw@humanwisdom.ca and I will be glad to answer.