Hoophouse experiment

This is our new experiment - we set up a miniature version of a greenhouse. Bent few pvc 1/2" pipes into semi-hoops and secured them to the wooden boards of the raised bed. Put a support for each with T-joint and draped heavy-duty plastic and secured it on the ends and in the middle of the bed.
As you can see inside there are few of my pepper plants trying to survive cold weather. Not really visible are carrot plantings, swiss chard, one eggplant, kale and few plants of beans. Don't know if it will work but we'll give a try. This weekend we'll build another bed to cover my brassicas in the old garden. So far they survived the frost so I hope they'll be ok and will produce something in few weeks.

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  1. Hi Jenny I am trying to do exactly the same thing over a 1m square raised bed. What kind of pvc piping is it?

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    1. We got regular semi-flex piping from the hardware store. it's 1/2 inch wide and bends easily into half circle but it's sturdy enough to hold plastic weight. Hope yours will work out!

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  2. This si a great idea. I am interested in seeing how long you can keep this going.

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    1. So far it's working very good - I just picked whole lot of kale, swiss chard and peppers. Peppers are still blooming and forming so I hope to keep picking them for a bit longer.

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