by David Garhart
I was walking back from meeting a friend at the subway station the other night when we saw a municipal repair crew with a laptop computer open on the street next to an open manhole leading to the city sewer system. We began talking about how technology is part of every aspect of life, that it really is everywhere these days, from the laundry mat to the automobile to the radio-tagged lion stalking the grasslands of Africa. Technology grows our flowers and the greens for our salads, not only as big industrial farms run by corporations, but also as the tool of hobbyists with greenhouses near their homes. I have always admired the look of backyard greenhouses.
Having a greenhouse hobby is not as time consuming as you might think. You can build them fast using greenhouse kits from Gothic Arch Greenhouses, a trusted family-owned company and Web presence that has been serving the commercial and hobbyist horticultural industries since 1946. Gothic Arch Greenhouses carry the lowest priced and highest quality greenhouse supplies, beginner greenhouse kits, and advanced full-structure greenhouses and a large selection of grower and nursery supplies, too. Their inventory of supplies includes Aquaculture/Aquaponics, Benches, Carts, Circulation Fans, Fertilizer Injectors, Hydroponic Systems, Insect Screens, Irrigation/Watering Systems, Lighting, Nutrients/Supplements, Pond Liners, Shade Cloth, Sprayers, and Ventilation.
Their top-of-the-line hobby greenhouses are available in Tempered or double-strength insulated glass or twinwall polycarbonate, with aluminum glazing bars suspended on a galvanized steel. And their Traditional Series, Pacific Series, Cape Cod Series and Cottage Series hobbyist greenhouses have heavy-duty aluminum frames, and single and double glass or twinwall and fivewall polycarbonate. You can buy these kits in white, green, brown, and custom colors. And their inventory of commercial greenhouses includes Arch Series, AT, A-Frame, BK, Gothic Pro-Gro, Majestic Connect, Quonset, Superstar Series, and Solarstar Greenhouses.
Gothic Arch Greenhouses is owned by the Sierke family. Their website address is www.gothicarchgreenhouses.com. Please have a look and send in your comments.
Brought to you by Gothic Arch Greenhouses and David Garhart