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Gardening & Growing Dome Newsletter

Register to receive our E-mail Newsletter! Receive gardening tips, information on sustainability, news & views of Growing Spaces, see our Featured Dome section, and more! You’ll also receive… “Gardening for Nutrition“exclusive video of the four-week gardening course Gardening & Beyond! This exclusive free segment from Gardening & Beyond 2010 features Richard Miller, Master Gardener, explaining [...]

Community Garden – Nikolski, Alaska Dome

Today, we received these lovely photos from Connie of the Nikolski IRA Council in Nikolski, Alaska. This 26′ Dome plays host to all sorts of plants and veggies. As you can see in the photos they are growing several kinds of lettuce, looks like spinach, tomatoes parsley, cilantro, etc. “I’m so happy to finally be [...]

RawUtah Growing Dome 2010

It’s August and I’m starting my Fall Planting!

I spent a bit of time this weekend in my 26′ Dome getting it tidied and ready for a fall planting.  We just had 3 weeks of monsoon rains and our temperatures have moderated somewhat, so I am hoping to get my fall crops planted this week .  In so doing I am hoping to [...]

The time is NOW!

Growing just one food-producing plant at home like tomato, belle pepper, strawberry, lettuce, snow peas, etc can do more than just save money otherwise spent at the grocery store. Whether you are a family of five, a one-person household, or a community of many, you can make a difference in how you live – today! [...]

42′ Educational Dome

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 [...]

Planting too thickly

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 [...]

Summer gardening in the 26′ Growing Dome

For us Wednesday is Dome Day.  Now that we’re into full summer swing, the Dome likes just a little more attention than winter.  This means that instead of going to the Dome once a week, or even sometimes not for 3-5 weeks at a time, we’re heading out to the property to check in on [...]

Community Greenhouse – your new grocery store?

Greenhouses a growing interest amongst Colorado Janet Urquhart The Aspen Times Aspen, Colorado // // // // Greenhouses like the new dome behind Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale, Colorado could become a more common sight in the Roaring Fork Valley. Pitkin County is contemplating code changes to better accommodate greenhouses. With community gardens cropping [...]

Growing Spaces Offers Sizzling Summer Deal

Growing Spaces® Announces Summer Discount! In celebration of being named as winners of the “Colorado Companies to Watch Award,” Growing Spaces will offer a Summer Discount Special on their Growing Dome Greenhouses, for a limited time. Our customers can gain up to $1,000 off on the first 10 Growing Domes purchased before July 31, 2010 [...]