Three Free Books on Greenhouses with Plans

Eloine

Republishing some useful information from the garden share site myfolia.com

There are three books on Greenhouses available under “fair use” download. Fair-use means that the books are free to download, read, and store on your computer, but must be purchased if you wish to print, sell, or distribute hard-copies. They are in PDF format.

The links below will take you to the NRAES website (Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service) for each book. You will see – Download a low-resolution, fair-use copy of NRAES-## (#.# MB). It will open the documents in a pdf reader. Use [File] [Save as copy] to save it.

Here are the links:

Hobby Greenhouses. (Go to top of webpage and click “Download PDF)

– Types of Greenhouses
– Locating Your Greenhouse
– Designing Your Greenhouse
– Types of Frames
– Beds for Growing Small Plants
– Greenhouse Heating
– Greenhouse Ventilation and Cooling
– Other Greenhouse Necessities
– List of Plans

Greenhouses for Homeowners and Gardeners is a 200 page free digital book (6.9MB) or $30.00 if you print it. Whether it means tending to a collection of exotic houseplants or cultivating a year-round crop of vegetables, greenhouse gardening appeals to many people for many different reasons. A greenhouse can help garden enthusiasts get through the cold part of the year; it fills a void during winter, when weather prohibits gardening outdoors. Home greenhouses are ideal for introducing children to nature and showing them how seeds develop into flowering plants or nutritious vegetables. Retirees often adopt greenhouse gardening as a hobby to enjoy during their retirement years.

Greenhouse Engineering is a 212 page free digital book (2.5MB) or $30.00 if you print it
This manual contains current information needed to plan, construct, and control the commercial greenhouse. Major sections describe various structures, methods of materials handling, the greenhouse environment, and energy conservation. Other topics include plans for noncommercial greenhouses, access for the handicapped, and remodeling existing greenhouses. A large appendix includes conversion tables, worksheets for performing calculations, and sources of greenhouse construction materials and contractors. (1994)

Tangerine Tango Sunrise?

Eloine

Apparently every year Pantone (the world authority on color) picks a color. For 2012 it’s Tangerine Tango (Pantone 17-1463). You can download the color palette from their website.

I was a bit intrigued by the color choice for this year and realized they might be right. I have been leaning towards warm charged colors for a little while now. I wondered what would have happen if I did a little color overlay on a sunrise I recently took. Below is the that tangerine tango overlay and here is a link to the original. It’s a subtle difference but see what you think!

Another daily post blog

Eloine
Entry about downtown Antioch

Just announcing that I am starting up my daily image blog again that I did back in 2010. I was focusing on other things in 2011 but a daily post even if small really helps you when you look back on things.

I will have it separate from my main blog so I don’t muddy it up with my daily dribble. You can still see it though if you care to by looking at the RSS feed on the right.

Google web font plugin for Photoshop by WebINK

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A little while back I posted about free web fonts from Google and how I used them in a small project.

I found a nifty free little plugin for plugin for Photoshop CS5 from WebINK that allows you design with Google web fonts right inside Photoshop CS5.

First create an account with WebINK and download their plugin. Once downloaded you’ll activate it through Window > Extensions > Extensis. You will have to sign into your account.

Once loaded you will get a list of all the premium WebINK fonts but you can switch and from the drop down menu to choose some of the free Google web fonts from the list. Google doesn’t have as big a variety as WebINK and you can’t get perhaps the exact font you want from google but now you have choices.

What helps is a visual picture of what they look like. To select you must not be in the edit mode of the type. Just select the layer with the type and choose the font. The plugin will treat all type on that layer with the font you choose. This really helps when designing to actually see what the font will look like. Below is a screen grab of just how easy it is to select.