Shows the hours of daylight received during the year for an observer at a given latitude. This is an important factor contributing to the seasons.
From low covers to high tunnels, from hoop houses to greenhouses – producers are finding ever more innovative ways to extend the growing season, and their income stream. Below is the topic room of resources provided by SARE. Season Extension: An Overview Don’t know a hoop house from a greenhouse? Learn the basic ABCs of…
Tod and Jamie Hanley, of Trebuchet Gardens in Norman, have been working for several years to develop a low-cost hoop house design that’s easy-to-assemble as part of their commercial winter gardening business. In 2007, the Hanleys received an Oklahoma Producer Grant from the Kerr Center to study the effects of different plastic hoop house coverings…
How to build a high tunnel! We put up this hoop house/high tunnel in one day with 5 people, here’s how. Time lapse photography and some fun music show the basics.
The type, size, etc. of high tunnels doors are important to their users. Doors influence ease and safety of access, high tunnel structural integrity, and the ability to maintain the targeted set of conditions in the structure.Doors also vary in cost.The Extension Vegetable Physiology Lab (EVPL) at The OSU-OARDC in Wooster, OH operates nine high…
High tunnels and season extension allow farmers to increase the availability of their crops beyond the traditional outdoor growing season. Premium prices and an extended income stream are some of the advantages farmers pursue with season extension techniques. High tunnel production has increased rapidly in recent years due to increased crop quality, productivity and their…
P+P GrantProject Number: FW07-319Title: Season Extension and Crop Area Multiplication with a Moveable Hoophouse in an Organic System Ag Professional: Edward PageColorado State UniversityArea Extension Agent1001 N. 2nd StreetMontrose, CO 81401(970) 249-3935edward.page@colostate.edu Producer Advisor:Mark WaltermireThistle Whistle Farm10872 3500 RdHotchkiss, CO 81419(970) 872-4949farmer_mark@surfglobal.net Amount Funded: $11,230 Situation Western Colorado, like much of the Intermountain West, has…