Underground gardening

This is the first of a series of videos that will chronicle my construction of building a sunken greenhouse, otherwise known as a Walipini or Pit Green house. This isn't necessarily a 'how to' build a green house, but rather the steps that I'm taking to build one incase you would like to replicate aspects of it... Sunken Greenhouse Part 1 - Getting Started / Working The Dirt... Sunken Greenhouse Part 2 - Block, Concrete and Subframe... Here is part 2 of the Sunken Greenhouse Project. In this…

Discover step-by-step instructions for how to build an underground greenhouse. Grow fresh produce year-round with this innovative gardening solution.

The word Walipini, derived from the Aymaran language and an indigenous Bolivian tribe, is translated as “a place of warmth” and is an earth sheltered cold frame or transparent-roofed enclosure. This underground greenhouse was created for the cold regions of South America to maintain food production year round, but is now being adopted by gardeners […]

article and photograph from The Seed Guy If eating Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Year Round is important to You and Your Family, you might consider building an Underground Greenhouse. It will keep th…

Discover step-by-step instructions for how to build an underground greenhouse. Grow fresh produce year-round with this innovative gardening solution.

The Forestiere Underground Gardens (pictured) were tunneled out in the early 1900s by Sicilian immigrant and citrus farmer Baldassare Forestiere, who dug it by hand, in California.