Q. I have heard that building a walipini might be a good way to grow vegetables year-round in our area. What do you think? A. Walipinis are essentially greenhouses dug into the ground with earth walls ...

Have you ever heard the term "Walipini"? You might hear more about it in the future. Walipini originally were developed in cold, mountainous regions of South America more than 20 years ago to combat ...

A four-year experiment in growing food all through the winter will end Saturday when volunteers deconstruct a sunken greenhouse behind a church parsonage in northeast Minneapolis. The makeshift ...

It was a typical snow-covered winter day, but something very atypical was happening — cabbages, broccoli and even strawberries were improbably green and alive in a northeast Minneapolis backyard.

One of 18 Walipinis run by the Gemio family in El Alto, in the Bolivian highlands The Andean Plateau or the Altiplano, is one of the largest and highest plateaus in the world. In order to protect ...

Underneath a mound of earth in a small northeast Minneapolis backyard something groundbreaking is happening: Food is growing in the dead of winter. “It’s so hot in here that the tomatoes are out of ...

There are traditional greenhouses called ' walipini ', which grow crops in well-insulated greenhouses to reduce the impact of harsh winters and dry summers on crops. Mr. Ryan, a gardener who was ...

Giving a whole new meaning to the term underground industry, a walipini is a South American technique of taking advantage of an endless source of heat for grows in cold climates. Think of it as a ...

The Andean Plateau or the Altiplano, is one of the largest and highest plateaus in the world. In order to protect their crops from drought, flash floods and increasing temperatures, Bolivian farmers ...