The hoophouse protects plants growing in the winter garden |
But we digress. Here's an article from WNC Magazine (that's Western North Carolina, one of the neatest places on the planet) about a group called Winter Green. This group's mission is "to train backyard gardeners and entrepreneurial growers for four-season organic food production." In the winter, they use hoophouses to grow cool-weather greens and vegetables. Did someone in Memphis do this last year? Seems something like that is stuck in our memory. Let us know.
Cool Idea WNC Magazine
MAMG had a speaker at Spring Fling in 2010 who talked about extending the growing season using tunnels: Van Cheeseman. He owns Flora at Bluebird Farms. He talked about the large tunnels he uses to extend the growing season. Van is a regular at the farmer's markets around Memphis. His site it:
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