Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Aliza" <realfood@wonderfulfarm.com>]

Is it possible to use hoopcoop style houses for a green house?  Instead of 
PVC they have a wood frame bottom and use two stock panels for the hoop. 
for stock we use tarps to keep the critters dry but you could just as easily 
use greenhouse plastic.

http://www.plamondon.com/hoop-coop.html
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/blog/2006/01/chicken-sunroom-how-to.html
http://beaconbayfarm.blogspot.com/2007/06/hoop-coop.html

Dh and Ds built me a very nice one for the chicks this summer with some 
improvements over the ones you see pictures of here.  We get very very heavy 
winds and it does great.

Just a thought.

Aliza

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liz" <liz@allslash.org>
To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" 
<livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Winter crops


> At 10:40 AM 8/29/2007, you wrote:
> > I am sure that most of you know that a hoophouse of PVC pipe and a
> > plastic sheet works great, also.
> >
> > Coleman in ME uses a hoophouse inside a bigger hoophouse.
>
> I tried hoop houses but my primary garden area is subject to some
> fierce winds, and I got tired of picking up pieces of PVC and ripped
> plastic and dead plants. When I expand the garden on the other side
> of the property, where it is much more sheltered, I probably will
> build a couple of greenhouses. One of the companies that makes the
> specialized fittings is not far from me, so it's easy to pick up what
> I need. For now, using hay bales with window panes on top works
> better than anything else.
>
> Liz in SW VA
> http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com
>
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