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 ...

On a cool but sunny day in late March, I parted a plastic curtain, stepped into a hoop house in Swannanoa, and found a flourishing garden. Arugula, Swiss chard, spring beauty, ‘Lollo Rosso’ lettuce, ...

Hoop houses, those large temporary membrane structures, remain banned in Elmhurst residential areas, although home gardeners looking to extend the growing season may use smaller plastic-covered low ...

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 ...

Mark Bruno lives in Madison County and has five acres zoned for agriculture. He thought he would try his hand at local market farming, and as a first step, he decided to build a hoop house. Little did ...