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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: "'market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Hoop House
  • Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 15:08:57 -0600

In his Winter Growing Manual, he states that he keeps one house just above
freezing - calls it his 32 degree house. He uses it to grow crops that are
more tender, and also for post-harvest handling of his produce (water lines
don't freeze, and neither does the farmer and his product)

We have found that the soil has a huge thermal mass and acts as a flywheel
for temperatures for us. We had night temperatures of -3 to -4 two weeks
ago, and most of our crops sailed right through. The mesclun right now is
gorgeous!

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

> I understand that Eliot Coleman has started recommending anti-freeze
> heat in his 4 season greenhouses. Anyone know anything about this?
>
> _Allan
>




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