Winter and Summer Hoophouse Production for Small-Scale Growers

Moscow, Idaho, sits on the eastern edge of the Palouse prairie at 2,500 feet in USDA climate Zone 5. Demand is growing for locally grown produce year round. A handful of small-scale Moscow-area growers have employed hoophouses to extend the growing season for summer crops. But none have attempted winter crops. In similar northern climates on the East Coast, organic growers have succeeded with year-round hoophouse production, suggesting potential for success on the Palouse.

Objectives

1. Identify a diversity of winter and summer vegetables that can be grown in unheated, unlighted field hoophouses
2. Develop an efficient organic method of production for those vegetables
3. Promote the results on a farm webpage

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Want more information? See the related SARE grant(s) FW06-036, Winter and Summer Greenhouse Production for Small-Scale Growers.