Design and build a hoophouse or polytunnel, and grow abundant produce year-round in any climate Growing in hoophouses – also known as high tunnels or polytunnels – reduces the impact of an increasingly unpredictable climate on crops, mitigates soil erosion, extends the growing season and keeps leafy greens alive through the winter, and enables growers to supply more regional food needs. The Year-Round Hoophouse is a comprehensive guide to to designing and building a hoophouse and making a success of growing abundant, delicious fresh produce all year, whatever your climate and land size. Chapters include: Hoophouse siting, size, style, frame construction, and tools Bed layout, soil, crop rotations, and extensive coverage of various crops for all seasons Organic solutions to pests and diseases Disaster preparation Tested resources for each chapter. The Year-Round Hoophouse is ideal for farmers who wish to move into protected growing, as well as beginning farmers in rural and urban spaces. It is an essential reference resource for professors and students of courses in sustainable agriculture, as well as interns and apprentices learning on the job.
William Woys Weaver (a contributing editor to Mother Earth News, winner of three cookbook awards and owner of the Roughwood Seed Collection) recommends it for frozen desserts. “Icebox” varieties are six-inch (15-cm) round, ...
...This book should be part of your tool kit. — GAELAN BROWN, author, The Compost-Powered Water Heater LINDSEY SCHILLER is a greenhouse designer and is, with co-author Marc Plinke, co-owner of Ceres Greenhouse Solutions.
Garden-Fresh Food Summer, Winter, and Every Time in Between Make every month a vegetable gardening month with Niki Jabbour's proven techniques for year-round growing and harvesting.
This book levels the playing field with decision-making framework that goes beyond a list of simple dos and don'ts.
"Essential reading for pioneers of Chinese greenhouses." — Pam Dawling, author, The Year-Round Hoophouse and Sustainable Market Farming "If you are looking to increase your antifragility by building a truly passive solar greenhouse you ...
Explains how to grow and harvest vegetables throughout the year in mobile plastic greenhouses that use little heat, covering topics such as greenhouse design and construction, soil preparation, weed control, pests, and summer and winter ...
How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel has all the information you need to make the most of this precious covered space, including a detailed crop-by-crop guide to the growing year, dedicated chapters on growing for each season, including the ...
w Organic Grower, Coleman now speaks to the home gardener and shows how to eliminate the confines of the growing season. The Four-Season Harvest provides a simple and elegant way...
The Lab Manual for THE COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSE, 2nd Edition, is a valuable tool designed to enhance your classroom experience.
This book has plans and step by step for constructing and appointing greenhouses of several varieties, from glass-wall to hoophouse; some from kits, some from scratch; also includes plans and steps for other garden structures and ...