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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (65692)	10/31/2004 12:32:40 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) of 71178

These aren't the best photos of typical greenhouses, but they'll give you some idea of the appearance. Top left photo shows what a typical "field" of greenhouses looks like. They are arranged as a group so that they cover a few solid acres. The tomatoes are hydroponic -- vines grow up clear plastic tubing suspended from the ceiling. Pollination is done by bees kept in hives in the greenhouses. While tomatoes are the main crop, the seedless English cucumbers are also grown in the same set-up. Over about the past 2 years, the big red bell peppers are starting to be a major product as well -- before that, we imported most of them from Holland, but now we grow our own. Boston lettuce is grown at some operations, and we're now starting to get very reasonably priced bundles of fresh herbs grown year-round from an operation in Quebec. The greenhouse technology is pretty much based on the Dutch systems - in fact, many forms of agriculture up here are based on technology used in the Netherlands (many Canadian farm families are Dutch). ontariogreenhouse.com

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