Wyoming Greenhouses
Wyoming has some of the highest average elevations of any state, along with cold winters, dry air, intense UV, and signature wind that shapes everything from siting to operation. Growing Dome owners across Wyoming are producing fresh food year-round in conditions that genuinely earn the term "extreme." This category brings together stories, growing strategies, and practical advice from Wyoming's Growing Dome community: wind hardening and orientation, altitude considerations, snow loads in the mountains, and the projects of dome owners across the Bighorn, Wind River, and high plains regions.
The Greenhouse Pond Gets a Makeover
August 12, 2014
This new 33′ Growing Dome owner in Cody, WY got very creative with her greenhouse pond that comes as a part of the Growing Dome kit. She had a local artist, Mike Kopriva, paint the tank with a gorgeous underwater scene. If you follow the painting from left to right, you see that it starts…
Growing Dome Survives Baseball Sized Hail
September 27, 2013
A severe hailstorm caused major roof damage, yet the 22-foot Growing Dome solar greenhouse from Growing Spaces remained unharmed.