Winter Gardening: Ways to Keep Your Plants Healthy During Cold Season
Although it’s too late in the game to prepare your plants for winter, this is probably the time when you’re […]
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How to Prepare Your Greenhouse for the Summer
Summer is here! Greenhouses allow homeowners and commercial greenhouse keepers to cultivate plants that require specific conditions to grow. By
Conservatory Building: 5 Decisions to Make Before You Begin
The natural resources of the world, though abundant, are being threatened by climate change and global warming. As a result, people are becoming more aware of their carbon footprint; how much energy we consume, the environmental factors in which their food is grown, and how to incorporate it all into our everyday life.
Spring Planning for Your Outdoor Space
It’s early Spring. We have the itch we can feel it in the air, it’s time to get to work. Let’s start tagging, pinning and planning our outdoor spaces. This popular conservatory space will assist in providing inspiration!
Seed Starting in the Conservatory
The Holiday season is over, the decorations are down, the winter has a firm grip on life, and the mind begins to dream about the next season. Spring! Last year was not a kind spring. Everything was late. I had to feed my poor bees until the third week of June before pollen finally was available in the typical spring blooms.
Six Automated Window Systems and Five New Air Conditioners
While traditional mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are still widely used, contemporary concerns for improving the environmental performance and “livability” of buildings has led to an increased interest in alternatives like natural ventilation and mixed-mode systems
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Readying Your Greenhouse For Winter
This week is Daylight Savings Time, which means winter is right around the corner. Here are some tips from Mandy Watson of The Shields Gazette on getting your greenhouse ready for winter.
Logee’s – The Botanical Wonderland for Conservatory Owners
Hidden in an unassuming old building in rural CT is a treasure of botanical wonder. If you are directed to Logee’s you may stop, but if just passing by, you may not even notice, but behind the century-old façade of a rural farm home lies some of the most unusual and highly prized ornamental plants in the country.
Four Tips to a Cooler Conservatory this summer
I have been building Conservatories for over 25 years I often hear (right after “how do I heat it?”) is how do I keep a glass room cool in the summer? Fear not, Conservatory Craftsmen doesn’t just build your structure and leave.
Invisible Screen Doors
Summer is here and out of the garage come the window screens. After looking through clear glass windows all winter, I bet you wish you didn’t have to look through those dirty old screens all summer long.