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September 11 was notable to me because it was 4 months since I first planted in my hoop house. Below is a link to the fourth monthly update since the planting – and what a four months it has been!  For the first time in my life, I am inundated with ripe tomatoes and peppers [...]

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This is the third monthly update on my hoop house in Mendocino, California, where cool, foggy summers make it impossible to grow hot weather vegetables outside. The hoop house continues to defeat all attempts of fog, coolness, and overcast days to do in my crops. All vegetables are thriving. Cucumbers aplenty, tomatoes and peppers ripening. [...]

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Last month I wrote about my latest joy, my new hoop house. Today is one month from when I first planted vegetables in the hoop house. To celebrate, I took a short video that tells it better than words.
Here’s what it looked like a month ago:

Here’s what it looks like today! Click on the [...]

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It seems that I’ve always lived where it has been marginal, at best, to grow hot weather vegetables –Santa Monica, Northern Vermont, Mendocino. Finally, this year, I took action by building a hoop house. I found a set of plans on the internet for a low-cost (in keeping with the fall in my wealth last [...]

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