Lettuce in Winter: Part 2 »

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We spaded the ground in our unheated greenhouse, removing weeds and debris. To spade, push your shovel in the ground and lift a shovel full of dirt out of the ground. Turn your whole shovel over and let the dirt fall back into the hole you just made. The point of doing this is to [Read More...]

Lettuce in Winter: Part 1 »

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Starting lettuce in winter was successful for us. We transplanted it into a raised bed inside our unheated greenhouse. We covered the raised bed in a low tunnel as well, we then snaked a heating cable through the bed and set out a heat lamp that turned on when it got close to the freezing [Read More...]

Use an Advanced BTU Calculator to Project Costs »

Heat Loss from a home in infrared
We get many, many questions this time of year dealing with the cost of heating a greenhouse or garage using some of our heaters.  The best we’ve been able to come up with is the cost per hour of continuous running, using our BTU calculator and some simple math.  The problem with this is that heaters [Read More...]

Troubleshoot a Modine Hot Dawg Heater »

Modine Hot Dawg Heater
Troubleshooting Modine Hot Dawg heaters is pretty straight forward. Most problems are solved with a few simple questions. This time of year many, many people are in the market for a heater. We sell tons of them. Specifically, we sell many Modine Hot Dawg style heaters and also sell a large selection of other Modine heaters. [Read More...]