Bibliograph

The Year-round hoophouse, polytunnels for all seasons and all climates, Pam Dawling

Type

Label

The Year-round hoophouse, polytunnels for all seasons and all climates, Pam Dawling

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Year-round hoophouse

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1030600998

Responsibility statement

Pam Dawling

Sub title

polytunnels for all seasons and all climates

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Design, siting and construction -- Hoophouse siting and planning -- Style and design -- Shopping checklist -- Preparing the site and the base -- Utilities -- Frame assembly, baseboards and hipboards -- End walls -- Roof plastic -- Drip irrigation ad outfitting your hoophouse -- pt. 2. Growing crops -- Lettuce -- Other salad greens -- Cooking greens -- Root crops -- Alliums -- Legumes -- Tomatoes -- Peppers and eggplants -- Cucurbits -- Crops for high summer -- Bare-root transplants -- Seed crops -- pt. 3. Keeping everything working well -- Planning and record-keeping -- Cold weather care -- Hot weather care -- Succession crops -- Crop rotations and sequences -- Pests and diseases -- Salt build-up -- Feeding the soil -- Replacing the plastic -- Preparing for and coping with disasters

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