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 ...

It is too early to sow spring transplants even with our recent unseasonably warm day temperatures, but it is an ideal time to grow gardens under the plastic of a hoop house. Raising crops in hoop ...

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 ...

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 ...

When living in a temperate climate, some gardeners use their creativity in order to extend the growing season as much as possible. I am one of those gardeners. Over the years, I’ve been experimenting ...

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 ...

FLINT, Mich. — On the vacant lot in Michigan where her childhood home once stood, Carolyn Meekins grows seedlings for Asian greens, red kale and green beans in a plastic-covered greenhouse known as a ...

First, go to the OSU Tulsa Master Gardener website, tulsamastergardeners.org, and look under “Tips and Techniques.” Master Gardener Gary Sanders has written instructions for an easily constructed ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Three years ago Kenyatte Moore was unemployed and rarely ate vegetables, but a community garden helped him change both. Today, Moore, now 40 pounds lighter, works full-time ...