In order to get the most from your greenhouse, whether it is for fun or profit, it would be of benefit to make it lower in labor intensity for the long run. Everything about our lives has leaped forward, technologically, over the last generation. Residential heating and cooling systems, techniques and strategies readily lend themselves to the greenhouse.
Two basic systems, irrigation and cooling, are the easiest and least expensive. Installing an irrigation system will save you from the chore of watering plants. These systems are made of small pipes running underground that slowly release water into the soil. You are able to easily set how much water your plants get with a tap. Many plants benefit from being watered from the roots than they do being watered from the topsoil. Often plants watered this way will grow larger.
Since greenhouses are also sometimes referred to as hothouses, it may seem strange to talk about a cooling system for one. But they can get so hot inside that the plants will literally get cooked and die. The cooling 
system is basically the same as the one for irrigation: a series of underground pipes which allow the hot air to be taken underground and stored during the day. The hot air is then released at night when it is cooler. A cooling system will keep you from having to constantly open and close windows.
You can go all high-tech with a greenhouse. The more advanced systems have electric climate controls that allow you to set the exact temperature of the greenhouse. To keep the temperature in the greenhouse tightly controlled underground tubes and other escape routes for hot air open and close automatically. Maintaining exact temperature is especially useful for growing plants that require a specific climate to do well.
Thanks to advances in computer technology make maintaining a greenhouse easier than ever before. By keeping the temperature, humidity, and light intensity at optimal levels, plants in the greenhouse will thrive. This website will teach you more about doing this yourself: Build Your Own Greenhouse.
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