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written by Adam Montri on 06-Dec-12 12:58
Written by Laura Haselhuhn Two weeks ago we visited Kelly Vallelunga at Long Valley Farm near Kalamazoo. She recently added a 30’x 96’ hoophouse to her farm. Her hoophou
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Farm visit & Winter crop schedule
written by Adam Montri on 03-Dec-12 11:44
Written by Laura Haselhuhn Two weeks ago we visited Koelbel Farm. Herman has been growing food for his family for most of his life. Next week is Great Lakes EXPO
written by Adam Montri on 29-Nov-12 12:40
Next week Adam and I are headed out of the office. Adam is speaking at a farmer to farmer session on Vermont on growing greens in hoophouses, which sounds very interesting. I'm going to be at Great Lakes EXPO moderating the Hoophouses & Tunnels session. Carrot Harvest
written by Adam Montri on 29-Nov-12 12:01
Freshly harvested carrots from the hoophouse Written by Laura Haselhuhn Hopefully everyone has had a nice holiday! On Thanksgiving morning we harvested the first of the carrots from the Upcoming webinar of interest
written by Adam Montri on 16-Nov-12 15:43
As we head into the next week, if you have some time in the evening on Tuesday November 20th, you might consider registering for the Practical Farmers of Iowa Annual High Tunnel Farminar. This year the presenters are Paul and Alison Wiediger (Au Naturel Farm), and Sara Hanson (Prairie Sky Farm). New resource on Mid Sized Tunnels from The Ohio State University
written by Adam Montri on 14-Nov-12 13:52
If you are interested in building some "Mid" Sized Tunnels for your farm, before you begin you might want to check out the Mid Sized Tunnel Tutorial. The tutorial is titled: "A Pictoral Guide to Preparing and Installing Gothic Framed, Outdoor Winter Ready Mid Tunnels". Dr. Almost done with hoophouse tear down
written by Adam Montri on 02-Nov-12 11:13
Trials and tribulations of buying a used hoophouse. Written By Laura Haselhuhn This evening I’m headed over to hopefully finish the hoophouse tear down project. Friday Farm Visits
written by Adam Montri on 01-Nov-12 11:20
Last Friday was a chilly day, with promises of snow on Saturday. November in the hoophouse
written by Adam Montri on 31-Oct-12 11:10
Things to think about doing in the month of November Written by Laura Haselhuhn Yesterday was a blustery day, hail smattering the windows and gusts of winds up to 40 mph, some parts of Michigan had lost power, supposedly some residual weather from Hurricane Sandy that hit the northeast coas Hoophouse site selection
written by Adam Montri on 30-Oct-12 12:22
Potential Site (site one) in early summer. Last Saturday I was at my farm working on site selection and site preparation for the “new” used hoophouse. There are two locations for |
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