Earth Sheltered Pit Greenhouse
In this area of Texas, I have two problems that I encounter when growing tropical plants. In the winter it freezes - a no-brainer - and in the summer, it gets too hot for many of the tropicals I grow. It’s a pretty unfriendly environment for a plant that is used to an 80-95F range 365 and a quarter days per year. But, the land wasn’t expensive, we have family here, and our well flows good even in the depth of drought, and most importantly, my better half doesn’t want to cart the kids off to some remote Pacific island no matter how much I beg. So, determination and innovation is what I have left - and a blank slate of a property to exercise that on.