Sentence examples for hoop house from inspiring English sources
Their tiny two-acre (0.8 hectare) farm also has a buzzing beehive and a hoop house, which protects produce in the winter.
"Look at these leeks," Mr. Coleman said, pulling back the cover in an unheated hoop house to reveal the raggedy leaves of his most sought-after winter vegetable.
There was a snake on the loose somewhere in the hoop house, the long, low greenhouse made out of arched tubing and plastic sheets.
These low covered hoops are a good solution for home gardeners who want to grow food in winter, at a fraction of the cost of a larger hoop house.
Mr. Kaphan, who studied agriculture at SUNY Cobleskill, has built a hoop house — a marvel of steel and plastic sheeting — which gives him a head start on spring crops.
The group started with two raised beds, built a hoop house where it could start seeds, then laid down an acre of compost two feet deep on top of the asphalt.
Onward through the hoop houses: rows of beets and chard.
Using hoop houses covered by plastic tarp, they grow crops like kale and collard greens well into the winter.
Erik Wells, another beginning farmer, showed off lightweight portable hoop houses, which are used to raise chickens at the Intervale.
As the sun warmed the hoop houses, he and Ms. Damrosch opened the one containing overwintering onions, big sweet Walla Wallas.
Increasingly, that means learning the quirks of growing inside plastic structures like Mr. O'Hara's hoop houses or larger ones called high tunnels.
