Greenhouse at the garden!

Huerta del Valle will soon have its very own greenhouse on site! Construction on our “hoop house” began a few weeks ago thanks to the generous help of community volunteers. The house is a pretty good size- measuring 22’x 12’ (about 6 ½  feet in the middle). It has enough room for 8 one cubic yard worm bins and about 140 sq ft. for sprouting plants- something we will definitely take advantage of next season! Since the summer heat is still beating down hard on the garden we will put a large shade cloth over the house for the time being- converting it into a “shade house” till winter time when we will add doors and trade the shade cloth in for warm plastic coverings.