Ever since my sister, Merrie, got her hoop house, I wanted to try one in my garden. I thought with our climate here in the Willamette Valley, it could be a way to stretch out our garden season. The most expensive part was buying the greenhouse quality plastic for the covering. I already had my location picked out, so early spring I got busy, while waiting for the frame work to get underway. I started making beds, and getting seeds started.
Soon it was time to get the frame work set up. I used the long blue bed I had my strawberries in that was covered with leaves above, and placed it along the shed wall. I moved the strawberries to their new location in the south west corner of the yard.
Little by little we got our hoop house ready to be moved into. The plants seem to thrive in the more controlled environment. I really needed one more bed across the back wall, but decided to experiment with some potatoes in a basket, and another bunch in a large garbage bag with a tomato frame to hold up the sides. They seem to like it. I have petunias planted in the hanging pots. In time it will get filled up.
