PITTSFIELD — By this time next year, the Giving Garden will have given more fresh, organically grown produce to local food pantries thanks to a new hoop house. The all-volunteer agricultural program ...

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 ...

With some key considerations on hoop house plans, siting and building a hoop house can provide your crops with sturdy protection and a longer growing season. Hoop houses (also known as “high tunnels”) ...

Previously, we wrote in general terms about ways to extend the growing season in winter with a hoop house. But depending on the cover you use for your hoop house; they are also valuable tools for ...

WHITEHALL, Mich. — Shoreline Elementary in Whitehall has installed a new hoop house meant to help teach students about gardening year-round. Volunteers and educators worked together Tuesday to ...

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. The tour was sponsored ...