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Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are damaging because they remain in the Earth’s atmosphere and trap heat. This contributes to global warming, which is believed to be connected to climate change.
Greenhouses come in many varieties. You can buy a kit from a reliable DIY shop, hardware store or a garden centre. This could be a plastic-sheeted economy version or a high-end glazed version. There are many types of eco-friendly greenhouses.
A greenhouse has long been used to control conditions for cultivating crops. In fact, evidence suggests that as far back as Roman times, environmentally-controlled areas were used to help nurture plants. The market for greenhouses is huge today.
Winter greenhouse maintenance is mostly down to good preparation so the ideal time to carry this out is not winter but autumn. When the greenhouse has been emptied of summer plants and the real cold of winter has not yet hit, you have the ideal opportunity to get some things in order.
Dear Gabriel Ash,
You very kindly built a “Glass House” for us in 2010 here in the Isle of Man. It replaced four rather unattractive aluminium green houses.
The resulting transformation was wonderful.