Hoop houses are great for a variety of reasons. They can limit access to pests, keep plants safe from a freeze, warm soil earlier, and make a tidy little do-it-yourself greenhouse. The DIY hoop ...

There are a few ways to build a hoop house. Possibly the easiest is to place metal stakes into the ground and slide six-foot sections of PVC pipe over the plants, creating an arch effect. Then, simply ...

Hoop houses provide extra heating units needed potential year-round growing.Imagine earlier starts for your seeds, and later finishes of at least 4-6 weeks of extra production in spring, fall, and ...

Here are step-by-step instructions of how to build a low tunnel. The end product will measure roughly 9’4″L x 3’W x 20″H, which I should note is one hoop shorter in length than the version ...

"In terms of hoop houses our goal is not to grow, but to prolong survival," said Daniel Bodkin, owner of Laughing Dog Farm. Botkin, who runs the many-layered, sustainable farm in Gill, MA, became ...

If the hoop house heats up on a warm fall or winter day, pull the plastic back during the day. 8. In summer, replace the winter covering with agricultural shade cloth to provide some relief from ...

Learn how to build a low-cost, low-maintenance hoop house so you can give plants an early start, with instruction from Aulani Johnson, the city's native resource technician. Johnson will show ...

This video shows you how to build a high-quality hinged hoop house for a raised bed to last you many growing seasons. More for You. Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement.

This is the last of my Earth Day posts.. I went out to Mt Vernon for a Practical Farming workshop at a CSA farm, where dozens of people were learning how to build a hoop house and helping out a ...