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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm excited. I want to get going on my spring garden now. I attended a hoop house workshop put on by Western Nevada College's Specialty Crop Institute in Fallon last Saturday. Now I want to build 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 ...

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 ...