“In these times of prolonged drought, high tunnels help farmers adapt while boosting productivity,” said Andrew Waaswa, ...

CWRU Farm's original high tunnel (hoop house) was built in September 2010 thanks to the generosity of Bon Appetit Management Company. The high tunnel was designed and installed by Tunnel Vision Hoops, ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Four Decorah area local growers recently shared how they are using hoops, high and low tunnels and greenhouses to extend the season on their farming operations.

Both have years of experience growing crops through winter in their hoop houses. My neighbor, Gary Quadrozzi, also pitched in to help with construction when my brain froze up, an all-too-frequent ...

Low tunnels are perfect for these beds, as rebar can easily be driven into the soil outside the frame. Flexible ½-inch to ¾-inch PVC pipe can then be secured to the rebar to create quick hoops.

With hoop houses, passive solar heating is enough to grow crops on both sides of the calendar.” High tunnels and many of the caterpillar tunnels are tall enough to walk under.

No matter what month it is, no matter how cold it is, it’s always green inside “high tunnels”, also called “hoop houses.” “They allow you to extend the growing season,” said Christi ...

Hoop houses, also called high tunnels, have many different designs and uses; some are built on a large scale for commercial growers of vegetables and cut flowers; much smaller ones are used by ...

Hoop houses, or "high tunnels" as they're also called, look somewhat like a Quonset hut covered in plastic sheeting, and function like an inexpensive greenhouse. They're the latest way for farmers ...

The Gaiser's Eden is a 72-foot seasonal high tunnel, a tall hoop house used to cover crops and extend the short growing season in a state with cold soil. Metal ribs hold plastic arching over soil ...

We were happy to demonstrate the effective efforts of our staff, who nurtured our winter greens in a hoop house and low tunnels designed by our site manager, Mike Adams. Thanks to Mike and grower ...

The Gaiser's Eden is a 72-foot seasonal high tunnel, a tall hoop house used to cover crops and extend the short growing season in a state with cold soil. Metal ribs hold plastic arching over soil ...