HOMEGROWN101: How to Build a Hoop House

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Looking to extend the life of your beds into the fall and winter? Hoping to grow produce year round, or protect your plantings from some of nature’s harshest conditions?Why not try a hoop house!

Photo by Paul Drowns

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 winter months.Plus, the protective plastic sheeting provides shields damaging winds, flooding, and drought as the conditions in the hoop house can be controlled with simple coverings (try 50% shade cloth in the summer, and inner layers of plastic in the winter for extra warmth), ventilation, and irrigation systems.

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