Hoop houses stretch the growing season
Published: September 15, 2009
Tags: Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Flint, hoop houses, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, Mich., Michigan State University Department of Horticulture, Urban Community Youth Outreach
David Runk AP Writer Flint, MI — On the vacant lot in Michigan where her childhood home once stood, Carolyn Meekins grows seedlings for Asian greens, red kale and green beans in a plastic-covered greenhouse known as a hoop house. The structure warms and protects the tender, young plants, allowing Meekins to plant earlier in [...]