With some help, Micum Davis has installed a geodesic dome greenhouse, 26-feet in diameter, in his own backyard. Functioning with the aid of a few small solar panels and some very innovative tactics, the greenhouse was able to prevent several of Davis’ herbs and vegetables from dying during the long, cold winter.
“The snow sheds right off of it and the wind cruises around it,” he said during a solar solstice celebration sponsored by Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative (SEAREI) at his home on Saturday.
Although held on the day before the actual solstice, when the sun is at its northernmost point in the sky, SEAREI Program Director Doug Bogen said solar panels actually work best in the winter.
