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The starting point for anyone planning to build a serious greenhouse is deciding what to grow.
任何計劃建造溫室的人，其出發(fā)點都是確定要種植什么。
Many people initially have a romantic idea of what owning a greenhouse entails
許多人最初對擁有一個溫室都有著浪漫的想法，
—strolling amid flowering plants with a watering can during winter months
那就是冬天時，拿著噴壺在花草叢中漫步，
or reading the newspaper in an orchid house with a cup of coffee.
或者在蘭花盛開的屋里，喝著咖啡看報紙。
The reality is that an owner’s physical comfort and a greenhouse’s effectiveness are not necessarily compatible.
事實上，溫室所有者的生理舒適度和溫室的有效性并不一定相容。
“If it’s a tropical greenhouse, it can get quite steamy,” Turkewitsch says.
特克維奇說：“如果是一個熱帶溫室，它會變得相當潮濕。
“An orchid house is not a good place for a library.
蘭花屋不是當圖書館的好地方。
If your purpose is to grow bedding plants and you want them to thrive when they’re ready to be planted outside, constraints apply.”
如果你的目的是種植被褥植物，并希望它們在準備好可在室外種植時能茁壯成長，那么就會受到限制。”
For those who do like the idea of sitting in a chair underneath a palm tree in December,
對于那些喜歡在12月時，坐在棕櫚樹下的椅子上的人來說，
a conservatory—the modern version of an orangery, a glass room usually attached to a house—is the obvious answer.
現(xiàn)代版橘子園式的溫室，即一座通常與房子相連的玻璃房，是顯而易見的選擇。
“If you’re using it to grow plants it’s really a greenhouse,” Rahn says,
“如果你用它來種植植物，那真的就是個花房，” 拉恩說，
“but if you’re putting plant displays in it, or art, then it’s a conservatory.”
“但如果你用它來展示植物或藝術(shù)品，那它就是個溫室。”
If you’re trying to grow actual produce, things can get expensive—fast.
如果你想種植農(nóng)產(chǎn)品，費用很快會變得昂貴。
In a larger greenhouse, there are partitions and mechanical systems
規(guī)模更大的溫室里，安裝有隔板和機械系統(tǒng)
(automated shades and vents, fans, heaters, water pumps) that break the structure into zones.
（自動遮陽和通風口、風扇、加熱器、水泵），它們將溫室分成若干區(qū)域。
One is usually “frost-free” (40F), the other is temperate (50F), and the other is warm (60F).
一個區(qū)域通常是“無霜區(qū)”（40℉，約4.4℃），另一個是溫區(qū)（50℉，10℃），還有一個是暖區(qū)（60℉，約15.6℃）。
Virtually any plant can be grown year-round in a greenhouse;
幾乎所有的植物都能全年在溫室里生長；
the most common are often what you’d expect: tomatoes, lettuces, and peppers.
最常見的通常是些你能想到的植物：西紅柿、萵苣和辣椒。
Rahn says his company does fewer residential projects annually
拉恩說，他的公司每年實施的住宅項目比較少，
—they average just two or three—but they’re larger in scope.
平均只有兩三個，但規(guī)模都較大。
The $400,000 he quotes is the starting price.
他報出的40萬美元是起價。
“We did one greenhouse in Florida,” he says.
“我們在佛羅里達建造了一座溫室，”他說。
“It cost millions of dollars and was set on a private island.”
“它耗資數(shù)百萬美元，安置在一個私人島嶼上。
