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Kansas Greenhouses

Kansas sits in the heart of severe weather country, with hot humid summers, cold winters, persistent wind, hail, and tornado risk across most of the state. Growing Dome owners are producing fresh food year-round in conditions that constrain outdoor gardens more by storms than by latitude. This category brings together stories, growing strategies, and practical advice from Kansas's Growing Dome community: hail and storm hardening, summer ventilation in humid conditions, year-round production strategies, and the projects of dome owners across the state's plains and prairie.

Table and chairs surrounded by lush plants and a pond inside a greenhouse
Growing Dome greenhouse covered in snow beside another dome-shaped building

Larry Jones’ 42 foot Growing Dome in Kansas

October 9, 2004

Hi Udgar, Puja, Nicky and Wirt, I just wanted to take time to thank you for the Dome. We love it! It has been the best thing that we have done in years. We love to garden and our “Kansas Plains” climate is very inhospitable to many of the plants we love. We have very…

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