Matt Moody and Paula Davidson's hoop house in Cabot, VT. Use our PVC hoop house plans with PDFs and step-by-step hoop house building plans to grow earlier in spring and extend gardening into winter.

Greenhouses aren’t the only great cover-ups for gardeners determined to extend their growing seasons. High tunnels, low tunnels and caterpillar tunnels work well, too. Also known as hoop houses or row ...

There are a few ways to build a hoop house. Possibly the easiest is to place metal stakes into the ground and slide six-foot sections of PVC pipe over the plants, creating an arch effect. Then, simply ...

Extending the season is a good way to maximize the harvests you get from your garden. In my last column, I discussed sowing seeds indoors in winter. But not all vegetable plants need to be started ...

Greenhouses aren’t the only effective cover-ups for gardeners determined to extend the growing season. High tunnels, low tunnels and caterpillar tunnels work well, too. Also known as hoop houses or ...

Build your own easy, DIY garden bed covers using a hoop bender and EMT conduit. These garden bed covers can work for raised garden beds or in-ground garden beds. Kohl’s CEO fired after making ‘highly ...

A frost suddenly shows up on the spring weather forecast. What do you do about that bed full of tender flowers or patch of cold-wimpy peppers you already planted? You could risk flattening the plants ...