I'd thoroughly recommend a dome. There's so much space to grow and even in winter, it's always a few degrees warmer than outside. On a sunny winter's day, you can get out your deck chair, unfreeze your cucumber juice and pretend it's summer.
There's fuckery afoot indeed and it's everywhere and on a grand scale. We're very rural here, off-grid with our own power and water and produce most of our food besides flour and raw milk from neighbouring farmers. Barring some extreme weather event or a zombie apocalypse, we should be ok:)
I love the Crystal Apple cucumbers but I've never seen them for sale here. Only the generic long green ones appear in shops and markets.
Cheers for the visit.