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Cost versus Value: How to reconcile spending more for organic food

Whether you buy your red bell peppers conventionally grown from Chili or organically farmed down the road, you are likely noticing that food prices are rising faster than inflation(1). This just adds another layer to the already complicated question of, “What am I willing to pay for my food?” Every time I’m at the grocery [...]

Gardening & Beyond Video Series

To follow the theme of the Growing Domes®, we like to promote “going local”. You can’t get any more local than growing your food at home and we support local gardeners as part of this movement. In 2010 Udgar Parsons, Growing Spaces Owner & Founder, taught at a “Gardening & Beyond” educational program that was [...]

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SPECIAL INVITATION TO “GARDEN TALK” Thinking about purchasing a Growing Dome Greenhouse? Garden Talk is our new, twice-monthly email subscription supplying you with over 20 years of Growing Dome greenhouse gardening experience from the owners of Growing Spaces and many of our customers. These emails are special excerpts from the “Growing Dome Gardener’s Companion E-Book” [...]

Thinning plants in the garden greenhouse

Learn how to thin your plants in this informative video:

You Tube Gardening Video Series

Over the next 6 months we will be offering a series of gardening videos on our You Tube channel

Natural Greenhouse Gardening Tips- white flies

Q. How do I control white flies in my dome? A. The bad news is that you have white flies; the good news is that you have a number of options to try. If you catch the infestations early, you can take the time to treat individual plants with a dish soap, oil and water [...]

Geodesic Dome Greenhouse

So Richard Miller, our resident Master Gardener here at Growing Spaces, and I finally made it to my Growing Dome for a little gardening evaluation.  Turns out that my concerns about my gardening skills have a lot less to do with the results this year in my Dome, than the soil or rather in this [...]

Do it yourself Greenhouse

With the help of many – 42′ Growing Dome is complete! As far back as I can remember, my grandmother always said “If you want something done right – do it yourself…” As of today, I thoroughly disagree. The brand new 42′ Growing Dome greenhouse installed at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale, Colorado has [...]

Geodesic Greenhouse- seeds

After punching in this morning I went out to the 33′ Dome here at  Growing Spaces to check on the lettuce seedlings surrounding the new strawberry transplants.  Once again it appears we have planted way too densely again, not hard to do with fine little lettuce seeds.  So I spent about 10 minutes plucking out [...]

Garden snake keeps garden pests & bugs to a minimum!

Spotted this little garden snake today! This harmless garden snake keeps pests & bugs to a minimum