Today we are going to cover management of your cold frames and hoop houses during the winter months. So let’s assume you have been on the ball and you got your winter crops in the ground in August and by the end of September you have a great stand of lettuce, and other greens and [...]
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Winter Gardening Series #8 – Cold frame Management
August 10th, 2012 
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Winter Gardening Series #7 – Hoop Houses
August 7th, 2012 Rick Mini hoop houses are a very inexpensive method for extending your gardening season. I have had less success overwintering crops in mini hoop houses. The crops I planted lasted well into December but didn’t hold up as well as the cold frame crops beyond that. But the main advantage of a hoop house is the [...]
Winter Gardening Series #6 – Cold Frame Construction
August 3rd, 2012 Rick Here at Stoney Acres we have three cold frames. Each is 4 foot by 8 foot. The plan I used came from “Four Seasons Harvest” by Elliot Coleman. Although I did adapt the plans a little to my use and the tools I had to build them. Construction takes a while but is not overly [...]
Year Round Gardening Series Part 2
July 24th, 2012 Rick Part two of our winter gardening series will focus on bed preparation and location. I have three 4 x 8 foot beds that are covered in the winter by cold frames and 2 more raised boxes, also 4 x 8, that we cover with hoop houses. These beds are used very intensely through out the [...]
Preparing and storing Potatoes
October 14th, 2011 Rick Once our potatoes are out of the ground we like to take them inside our garage and lay them out on our makeshift table to dry. Of course it would be even better if you could set them on some kind of screen to improve the air circulation, but we simply grow way too many [...]
