Is anyone growing their own coffee, say around the 38th parallel?
You’d probably need to grow it in a greenhouse. Coffee likes shade, humidity, and lots of heat–like the jungle floor, its native habitat. There are several people doing it, from small scale hobby farmers to large-scale greenhouse growers. You could probably go with a DIY coffee greenhouse setup, but it take about 3 years for the plants to reach maturity…if you’re patient enough and work hard enough, though, I bet it would be really rewarding! http://www.greenhousecatalog.com/greenhouse_coffee_plant.php http://www.sweetmarias.com/growingcoffeeathome.
You’d probably need to grow it in a greenhouse. Coffee likes shade, humidity, and lots of heat–like the jungle floor, its native habitat. There are several people doing it, from small scale hobby farmers to large-scale greenhouse growers. You could probably go with a DIY coffee greenhouse setup, but it take about 3 years for the plants to reach maturity…if you’re patient enough and work hard enough, though, I bet it would be really rewarding!
