Short Story: I'm new to greenhouses and the one I will build won't have the best sunlight. I need some "getting started" information about lights, water sources, automation, &c.
Long Story: We recently lost our house to a California wildfire. When we rebuild, I am planning on having attached greenhouses. Since our current view is of dead black trees, we figured having a few greenhouses outside strategic windows would give us a bit of color and warmth. So the houses will be solid wall on two sides, and windows on the other two. The roofs will probably be opaque also. They will probably be about 4'x10' each.
The plan is for some sort of automated irrigation and greenhouse light for year-round growing. I'm not sure if I need to worry about temperature control or anything else. The windowed sides will face south, and we are at 5200+ft which gives us snow but not a lot of below freezing weather.
I usually kill any plant that touches my hands (it might be suicide, it's hard to tell). I am hopeful to be able to put the time in to keep these plants alive, but making it as fool-proof as possible is probably the best plan.
I am looking for suggestions for a book, videos, websites, etc. that might help me. Maybe even some terminology that applies to what I'm doing that will help me with google searches.
