ʻO ka hoʻoilo kēia ma ka ʻākau o Minnesota, a ua lōʻihi ka wā ulu o waho. Akā, waiho iā Minnesotans e hana i kahi ala e ulu ai i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hoʻoilo me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hiki iā ʻoe ke ala maʻalahi ma aneʻi. ʻO ka lāʻau, ke aniani, nā pōhaku nui, ka lepo, a me ka lā ka mea āu e pono ai no kahi hale ʻaina hoʻoilo hohonu.
Ua hele ka Deep Winter Greenhouse (DWG) i nā hoʻolālā hou, akā ua hoʻomaka ʻia me kahi puke na Carol Ford lāua ʻo Chuck Waibel i ka makahiki 2009 i kapa ʻia ʻo The Northlands Winter Greenhouse Manual. Noho lākou ma Chippewa County, Minnesota, he mau hola ma ka hema o ʻaneʻi, akā ua paʻa ka manaʻo i nā mea kanu ma ka ʻākau loa.
No laila, he aha ka DWG? He hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo solar passive e hopu i ka mālamalama a me ka wela o ka lā i ke ao a mālama i ka wela ma ka honua e hoʻihoʻi i ka pō. Aia ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka hikina-komohana me kahi aniani nui e kū pono ana i ka hema a i ʻole ka pā polycarbonate i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi kihi e hopu ai i ka nui o ka ikehu o ka lā, e like me ka latitu. ʻO nā pā ʻē aʻe he paʻa a hoʻokaʻawale maikaʻi ʻia, pinepine me nā ʻaoʻao o loko, a ʻo ka paia ʻākau e pale ʻia i ka honua i kekahi manawa, inā ʻae ka ʻāina. ʻO ka lepo, a i kekahi manawa, ʻo ka ʻiliʻili a i ʻole nā pōhaku nui ma kahi o ʻehā kapuaʻi ka hohonu ma lalo o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e hana ma ke ʻano he pākaukau e mālama ai i ka wela i hopu ʻia i ka lā. Puhi ʻia kēlā wela ma lalo o ka lepo me ka peʻahi a laila hoʻokuʻu ʻia i waho a piʻi i luna i kahi ulu i ka pō.
E heluhelu i ka ʻatikala piha ma www.hometownfocus.us.