Hoop House Planted and Planting More Seedlings

The hoop house is all planted. We opening the door up on sunny days and covering them with frost blankets at night. Every thing looks great after this weekend. Vents have been ordered that will automatically open at around 45-70 degrees. This will help circulate air for improved humidity and cooling the house down during the hear of the day.

Students are now focusing on planting the 4-6 weeks before frost plants; zucchini, cucumbers, broccoli, and cabbage. We hope to plant these in the hoop house as plants are harvested. We are also going to build more 4′ x 4′  raised beds for at least four boxes ourside. Now we only need more soil and a wheelbarrow.

Hoop House Is Up

The hoop house is up as of April 26th, 2010. The temperature was up to 76 degrees yesterday and it was n38 degrees this morning. We will monitor through out the day. Soil temperatures are at 45 degrees. We will also be putting our starts in the hoop house to harden off. Much thanks goes to the biology students for helping out and Richard Munoz for putting in the extra effort leveling out the walls.

Hoop House Construction

The week after Easter Homer Flex High School students completed the front and back of the hoop house. Our design for the green house came from The Garden Door. In these pictures Tiffany Tesar, Alex Moore, and Richard Munoz finish off putting visqueen on the front and back. At this point, we are only putting in a front door, with the option of making a vent for the back later.