The Year-round hoophouse Polytunnels for all seasons and all climates
Book - 2019
"Growing in hoophouses reduces the impact of increasingly unpredictable climate on crops, mitigates soil erosion, extends growing seasons, and strengthens regional food supply. The Year-Round Hoophouse teaches how to site, design, and build a hoophouse and successfully grow abundant produce all year in a range of climates."--Publisher's promotional description
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Gabriola Island, BC :
New Society Publishers
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- x, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780865718630
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Design, Siting and Construction
- 1. Hoophouse Siting and Planning
- 2. Style and Design
- 3. Shopping Checklist
- 4. Preparing the Site and the Base
- 5. Utilities
- 6. Frame Assembly, Baseboards and Hipboards
- 7. End Walls
- 8. Roof Plastic
- 9. Drip Irrigation and Outfitting Your Hoophouse
- Part II. Growing Crops
- 10. Lettuce
- 11. Other Salad Greens
- 12. Cooking Greens
- 13. Root Crops
- 14. Alliums
- 15. Legumes
- 16. Tomatoes
- 17. Peppers and Eggplants
- 18. Cucurbits
- 19. Crops for High Summer
- 20. Bare-Root Transplants
- 21. Seed Crops
- Part III. Keeping Everything Working Well
- 22. Planning and Record-Keeping
- 23. Cold Weather Care
- 24. Hot Weather Care
- 25. Succession Crops
- 26. Crop Rotations and Sequences
- 27. Pests and Diseases
- 28. Salt Build-Up
- 29. Feeding the Soil
- 30. Replacing the Plastic
- 31. Preparing for and Coping with Disasters
- Resources
- Index
- About the Author
- About New Society Publishers