Experimental sunken greenhouse in Mpls. weathers first winter – and it's growing food
Copy shortlink: It was a typical snow-covered winter day, but something very atypical was happening — cabbages, broccoli and even strawberries were improbably green and alive in a northeast Minneapolis backyard. “It’s working,” said Greg Strong of the garden he tends several times a week. “It’s very warm, the plants are growing.” “It” is Sophia, the nickname for an experimental garden project built by an enthusiastic group of volunteers. Sophia is a walipini, a South American word for a sunken, solar-heated greenhouse with earthen walls. Strong and hi...
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