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What is a Rain Cover?

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Top FAQs for Greenhouse Preppers

Can I heat my greenhouse with compost? 

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Waste Not, Want Not--Making the Most out of Your Waste

Waste is the enemy of any good prepper. Almost everything can be reused or repurposed in your home.

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What To Grow in a Prepper’s Greenhouse

Your greenhouse is set-up and ready to start growing, so what should you grow?

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Greenhouse Prepping in the Middle of Winter

You’ve got a greenhouse functioning, growing organic, fresh produce right in your backyard. But what about when things get too cold? 

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Storing Food and Water

So, what about everything that isn’t shelf-stable? Vegetables, fruits, meats, entire meals, or even water 

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Your Prepper Pantry

How does one begin preparing? This is a large question and can seem overwhelming.

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A Sustainable, Disaster-Proof Greenhouse

When emergencies strike, there’s so many directions they can come from

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Designing a Prepper’s Greenhouse

So, you’re thinking about the future, and a greenhouse is definitely somewhere in your plans.

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A Prepper’s Greenhouse

A greenhouse can be so much more than just a great place to relax, get your hands dirty, and nurture the fruits, or vegetables, of your labor

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Top 20 Cool Algae Facts (plus a few extra)

There are a lot of reasons to love algae, from their potential to provide sustainable food and environmentally friendly products

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Top 10 Reasons to Get Behind Algae

Algae are a promising source of food, medicine, biofuels and more. Here are ten of the top reasons why

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Farming Algae in Other Systems

Photobioreactors (PBR) are the most used closed systems for producing algae. 

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What is Open Pond Farming?

Open pond systems are, by far, the most common method for cultivating algae. 

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How is Algae Farmed?

Microalgae grows much faster than any land plant while remaining a fairly undemanding crop

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How Do We Get Oil from Algae?

Algae, like many other plants, produce oil completely naturally, as a strategy for storing energy. 

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Beyond Biodiesel

When plant-based fuels are mentioned, people may think of corn-based ethanol mixed with gas during the winter months or specific products like biodiesel

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How are Algae Used: Part 3

Traditional plastics have always been associated with crude oil, although today they’re typically made from natural gas

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How are Algae Used: Part 2

Typically considered a menace targeted for eradication, algae are increasingly recognized as a valuable tool in managing certain phases of wastewater treatment

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How are Algae Used: Part 1

Algae are a large and diverse group of aquatic plants that range in size from microscopic single cells to seaweeds the size of trees. 

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Why Cultivate Algae?

Algae have come onto the world stage as one of the most exciting sustainable sources of biomass and oils for fuel, food, feed, and a wide variety of other useful products.

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Why are Algae Important?

Algae are a unique collection of eukaryotic organisms sometimes considered plants, bacteria or protists

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What’s the Best Irrigation System for a Commercial Greenhouse?

Plants grown in greenhouses are entirely dependent on artificial irrigation to meet their growth needs and there are plenty of options to handle the task

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5 More Useful Questions and Answers for New Greenhouse Professionals

In hot summers or during extreme heat waves, the internal temperature of a greenhouse can quickly rise to a point where the plants quickly suffer 

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5 Useful Questions and Answers for New Greenhouse Professionals

A greenhouse business is far more than growing beautiful plants.

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