PVC plastic pipes arched over a wooden ground frame and then covered in polyethylene plastic — that’s our DIY hoop house recipe in a nutshell, and it works for structures up to about 18 feet wide.

Hoop houses are great for a variety of reasons. They can limit access to pests, keep plants safe from a freeze, warm soil earlier, and make a tidy little do-it-yourself greenhouse. The DIY hoop ...

The hoop house also warms the soil for spring seedlings and protects sensitive plants during the cold season. Prices for an easily built plastic enclosed hoop house fall well below the costs of other ...

3. Alternatively, if you have a small bed, you can push the PVC into the ground. 4. Decide how tall you want your hoop house to be. Anything from 18” to 3’ at the highest point of the arch ...

A "how to" for building a hoop-style greenhouse using PVC pipe and plastic sheeting. ... This “hoop house” is also one of the most economical structures you’ll find.

Hoop houses are relatively inexpensive to build and often are unheated — relying instead on the sun or heat thrown off by compost heaps. With frames made of metal, flexible PVC pipe, ...

Also known as hoop houses or row covers, the tunnels consist of U-shaped metal or PVC (polyvinyl chloride) ribs draped by thin plastic sheets. They provide shade for sun-sensitive crops, ...

If I had a bigger yard, a hoop house would be on my to-do list. It’s basically an enclosed plastic structure that extends the season by providing a little more heat than we have in the Northwest.

The hoops, made from PVC pipe, are attached to a wooden base. It’s covered with 6-millimeter greenhouse plastic. Once we installed two small doors at each end of it, we were in business.

First, go to the OSU Tulsa Master Gardener website, tulsamastergardeners.org, and look under “Tips and Techniques.” Master Gardener Gary Sanders has written instructions for an easily ...