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Simple Science and the Greenhouse

  • Most gardeners know how greenhouses work.  In the daytime, the sun’s radiation (visible and UV) comes in through the glass and warms the plants and soil.  The glass stops the heat radiation ( infrared ) from passing back through and the greenhouse stays warm enough to keep the plants from freezing, even at night. The Earth… Read more