Extend your growing season by purchasing or building a high tunnel, also known as a hoophouse. These large, solar-heated greenhouses allow a farmer to increase overall yield and sell the harvest in ...

When planning a growing environment in a unique situation, it’s helpful to have versatile elements. For some time we have been cultivating the Mother Earth News Test Garden which is currently situated ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN/ITHACA, NY – Energy costs account for one of the largest expenses in commercial greenhouse production of annual bedding plants. Naturally, bedding plant producers are searching for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Growers of tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables can extend their growing season and increase yield by placing high tunnels over their cold-sensitive crops, but those tunnels ...

Clyde Forbes has been working in vegetable gardens since his family-farm childhood years in York County. These days, the retired middle-school teacher and Cumberland County Master Gardener helps run ...

A study out of Indiana and Purdue Universities sought to gain a better understanding, from the perspective of farmers, of the challenges and advantageous opportunities associated with using high ...