Alaska Greenhouses
Alaska is the most extreme climate any Growing Dome ships into, with long dark winters, short summers of extraordinary daylight, cold that goes well past anywhere in the lower 48, and a genuinely brief outdoor growing season. Alaska Growing Dome owners are producing fresh food year-round in conditions that would defeat almost any other greenhouse design. This category brings together stories, growing strategies, and practical advice from Alaska's Growing Dome community: extreme cold operation, light optimization across dramatic seasonal swings, the crops realistic at high latitudes, and the projects of dome owners from Anchorage to the Interior.
Growing Vegetables in Alaska Hardiness Zone 6A
July 6, 2021
Mardell Gunn and her partner, Mark Kistler, aka Diz, had been gardening in Haines, Alaska, using standard hoop houses for several years. In 2016, they searched for a polycarbonate structure that could withstand heavy snow loads and humid summers while providing a protected environment to grow fresh heat-loving vegetables that can't be grown successfully outside. Specifically, tomatoes. That's when the internet led them to a 26' Growing Dome.
November 2019 Alaska Greenhouse
October 31, 2019
Laura & Dwane’s Lush Alaskan Greenhouse Getaway Novembers’s Dome of the Month features a 22′ growing dome in Wrangell, Alaska. Laura and Dwane decided to purchase their Alaska greenhouse a little over a year and a half ago due to the lack of good quality produce where they live and Laura’s passion for organic gardening….
Gardening in the Middle of the Bering Sea
October 15, 2013
Growing Spaces recently constructed two Growing Dome Greenhouses in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska
New Stuyahok, AK Builds Their Own Growing Dome Greenhouse
June 18, 2010
Growing Dome Greenhouse in New Stuyahik Alaska is growing fresh food for the community year-round