A Cheap Greenhouse

Simple hoop house. A cheap Hoophouse An inexpensive greenhouse that goes up fast is a hoophouse made up of PVC pipe and clear polyethylene covering . This is  a rebuild of a hoophouse that I originally created in the winter of 96-97  and after 6 years removed when I built the main dugout greenhouse. This [...]

Pruning

Pruning for the next Years crop  Pruning a fig tree This is a Desert King Fig. A type of white canning/fresh eating fig, very fast grower and good producer. Figs like heavy clay soil and some water for best production. This 15 year old tree really likes it here. Fig trees are started from suckers [...]

GREENHOUSE

A dugout greenhouse X There are many ways to create a greenhouse space from a windowsill to a giant hoophouse.  I have created a dugout greenhouse for our needs. The dugout limits side wall heat loss and takes advantage of earth warmth for frost protection. The roof system also minimizes heat loss. But there is [...]

FOREST

FOREST Mixed woods of pine, fir, cedar, oak, dogwood and laurel At 2200 ft elevation and at the back of a small steep canyon, we have a mixed forest of many species of  tree and brush as well as more different kinds bugs then I have ever seen in a small 20 acre site. There [...]

Kitchen Garden