House Plans » Hoophouse http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans House Plans and Blueprints Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:58:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Building a hoophouse – part two – with Adam Montri http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1096 http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1096#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:41:30 +0000 admin http://house-blueprints.net/house%20plans/?p=1096 Continue reading →]]>

Michigan State University hoophouse specialist Adam Montri and his wife Dru put up their own passive solar greenhouse at their Ten Hens Farm in Michigan. Part 2 of this three-part series on Sustainable Farmer.com shows the Montris and their friends working on the polycarbonate endwalls and installing the two layers of polyethylene that cover the hoophouse. Dr. John Biernbaum of MSU's Student Organic Farm also offers tips.;

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Adam Montri is the hoophouse specialist for Michigan State University. Hoophouses (or high tunnels) are unheated greenhouses that are becoming increasingly popular with home gardeners and farmers eager to extend the growing season. Montri is also building his own hoophouse, and Sustainable Farmer.com asked him for tips, information and advice. (Video by Bonnie Bucqueroux & Tina Sarkey - music by Drew Howard for www.sustainablefarmercom )
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