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  • Low hoop houses can extend the growing season

    A garden mostly covered by a fabric dome to prevent cooler weather from harming plants.

    Floating row covers and low hoop houses can extend the gardening season later into the fall and can help gardeners get a head start on early spring plantings. They work by capturing ground heat and keeping it around the plants under the covering. These temporary structures can increase the temperature inside the hoop house by…

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  • PLANT A FALL GARDEN

    Fall vegetables protected from the cold by a hoop house.

    Fall gardens offer several advantages to gardeners. First, the weather is more pleasant for outdoor activities. Second, while cool season crops aren’t pest free, most are leafy green plants that don’t require pollinator insects to produce edible food. This fact allows growers to enclose plants in low hoop houses and very effectively exclude pests.

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