Last fall, my husband and I built a small hoop house, which is a plastic-covered greenhouse. Its primary purpose was for growing cold-tolerant vegetable crops through the winter months. Since winters ...

Matt Moody and Paula Davidson's hoop house in Cabot, VT. Use our PVC hoop house plans with PDFs and step-by-step hoop house building plans to grow earlier in spring and extend gardening into winter.

With some key considerations on hoop house plans, siting and building a hoop house can provide your crops with sturdy protection and a longer growing season. Hoop houses (also known as “high tunnels”) ...