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 ...

Last fall, my husband and I built a small hoop house, which is a plastic-covered greenhouse. Its primary purpose was for growing cold-tolerant vegetable crops through the winter months. Since winters ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly two dozen supporters of an Elmhurst family’s long-running effort to get city permission to extend their backyard gardening season with a plastic-covered temporary greenhouse demanded Monday ...

On a recent spring day, a 7.5-acre farm in Northampton County became an outdoor classroom for learning how to grow local produce inside a hoop house. A group of 28 experienced, novice and soon-to-be ...

Traditional farming sits to the south of greenhouses where Windset Farms grows hydroponic crops. The Canadian firm received permission Wednesday night from the Santa Maria Planning Commssion to add ...