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 house ...

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 ...

A hoop house can help gardeners extend the growing season by protecting vegetables from frost. DIY Network.com has instructions for making your own backyard hoop house, from wood and PVC pipes, that ...

"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 ...

Previously, we wrote in general terms about ways to extend the growing season in winter with a hoop house. But depending on the cover you use for your hoop house; they are also valuable tools for ...

If I had a bigger yard, a hoop house would be on my to-do list. It’s basically an enclosed plastic structure that extends the season by providing a little more heat than we have in the Northwest. It’s ...

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 people ...

Greenhouses aren’t the only great cover-ups for gardeners determined to extend their growing seasons. High tunnels, low tunnels and caterpillar tunnels work well, too. Also known as hoop houses or row ...

Fifteen young adults from YouthBuild and program directors from Eco-Reps gathered at Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead's Community Gardens — the largest community garden in ...