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Hoop houses extend urban farmers’ growing season

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 ...
Odessa American

MASTER GARDENERS: Building a hoop house

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 ...
Modern Farmer

What to Plant in Cold Frames and Hoop Houses in December

Winter is a rough time for herbaceous plants. Most don’t have the tolerance for the extreme cold in upper North America, and many die back in late winter in the South. But if you have time, you can ...
Bristol Herald Courier

Students join other volunteers to build hoop houses for year-round gardens

BRISTOL, Tenn. — About 30 local students pitched in Wednesday to help create a year-round gardening spot. Special education students from Tennessee and Virginia high schools participated with ...
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Hoop houses extend urban growing season

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 ...