There is a current trend that has caused more and more commercial greenhouse growers to switch their oil and propane powered boilers to biomass systems. The factors that are leading to such changes are simple:
Over the last decade manufacturers have been bombarded with new efficiency systems: Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous improvement, Kanban, the 5S System, Kaizen etc. This is especially true in North America where increased efficiencies are needed to compete against low labor off shore.
Benches are critically important to plant quality and labor costs.
Lets look at choices…
None of us like to think about emergency repairs – but our reality is that all greenhouse owners have spent a sleepless night or three ‘on the roof’… it is just the nature of our business that roofs designed to let in the most sunlight are by their nature a tad ‘delicate. So what is in your emergency kit for that late night call from the alarm?
Hurricane Sandy is expected to cause a lot of damage to the east coast tonight and into tomorrow morning. Here are some quick tips to prevent/minimize damage in your greenhouse:
Now is the time to begin planning for next year’s building projects, whether you are retrofitting or building new. To help you with planning an expansion, reducing operating costs, or improving efficiency, here are some tips to assist you in the process.
We often talk about our greenhouse design and manufacturing process here at GGS, but sometimes we don’t emphasize enough that we’re in the construction business as well.
The following is a post from our guest bloggers, Yoko Arakawa and Linda Anderson, mum growers from Longwood Gardens.
There is a startling statistic: 65% of family businesses fail in the second generation, and 90% fail with the third generation. And yet family farms and family greenhouses perform much better than most family businesses.
When we talk about lean-tos in the greenhouse industry, 2 styles come to mind. One is a connection lean-to that usually connects greenhouse gutters of different heights or other buildings. The other is a gutter to ground lean-to which typically attaches to the side of the greenhouse.