Build a Geodesic Dome Solar Greenhouse to Grow Your Own Food (Slideshow)
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA 
on 07.22.09
What do you do when you want to grow your own food, but live more than a mile above sea level in Colorado? That's the question my dad wanted to answer when he started this project about a year ago: Living at 7,750 feet above sea level, with a summer growing season of about 80 days between killing freezes, how can you grow your own food? His answer: A geodesic dome solar greenhouse.
Click through to see what it's like to build one for yourself, and how the garden grows inside once you're done.
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