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I get a lot of questions about how I use my hoop house and greenhouse. Because of that, I felt it should be the topic for one of my garden columns. Well, today’s the day! Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Hoop houses and greenhouses help extend garden season. I also shot a video of both the hoop […]
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Every so often, I mention the hoop house in my garden so it seems like the least I could do is give you an update on how the vegetables growing inside it are doing. I’m growing ‘Vates’ kale, 3 kinds of lettuce, spinach and — amazingly enough — celery. More on that in a moment. (For a quick recap, my […]
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Now that fall is here, that means it’s time to move our hoop house and put in the last of the winter garden. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this, even though we live in USDA zone 5, I’m still able to grow vegetables year-round… and without the use of supplemental heating. More on that in a moment. […]
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I know I did a recent post showing how my winter garden is doing but it seems like a video would be even more helpful. I’m a very visual learner and perhaps you are, too! This little garden is located inside our hoop house. So let’s jump right into the video, then I’ll give you some additional background: During the […]
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As a lot of you know, I grow vegetables in my little unheated hoop house every fall and winter. I’ve been doing this for 4 years and have been fairly successful, considering the fact that my garden is in USDA zone 5! I started out very simply, by putting hoops over a raised bed and covering it first with a […]
Read moreThe summer hoop house Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Hoop house gets year-round use. You’ll recall that my husband, Bill, and I built a small hoop house in our garden last fall for the purpose of growing some salad greens through the fall and winter months. Well, I decided that it should […]
Read moreThis is just a quick update to let you know that my husband, Bill, and I installed a second door in our hoop house to provide better cross-ventilation. The new door frame is directly across from the original door. It was getting mighty toasty in the hoop house — although the plants didn’t seem stressed — and I wanted to […]
Read moreYou’ll recall that my husband, Bill, and I built a small hoop house last Oct. for the purpose of growing veggies through the winter months. Well, there’s no point in not using it year-round, right? My plan has been to grow warm-season crops in it during the main growing season to see if they will grow more vigorously and be […]
Read moreThis shows the hoop house in its new location. You might recall that my husband Bill and I built a hoop house last October. A hoop house is a plastic-covered greenhouse, which we’re primarily using to grow cold-tolerant vegetables through the winter in. Ours is 10 feet wide by 9 feet long and it fits over two of our raised […]
Read moreI wanted to let you know about a few modifications we’ve made to our hoop house in the past few days. My husband, Bill, and I felt it needed to be a bit more “buttoned-up” for the winter. Here’s what we’ve done: 1) We purchased a 4-inch-wide roll of greenhouse repair tape from FarmTek. You’ll recall from my original post […]
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