Hoop house

We love DIY greenhouse projects that save tons of money. By upcycling some materials, David LaFerney shows how to build a hoop greenhouse for as low as $50!

A great addition to your homestead. This DIY cattle panel hoop house will protect your garden from pests & the outside elements. It’s easy to build & best of all, it won’t break the bank!

Do you have a huge garden? Then, this is the ideal project for you–a large greenhouse allows you to grow plants all year, unlike a small one that lasts only for 1 or 2 seasons. If you live in a windy area, look into this project that shows you how to build a windproof house. ... Read more

How to Make a Hoop House – Picture Tutorial

45 BEST tutorials, free building plans & design ideas on how to build easy DIY greenhouses, cold frames, backyard garden tunnels & hoops!

As a kid, I tried to make my own solar ovens. I fashioned old windows together, and put pans of water inside to heat. They usually sucked, but these experiments spurred my fascination with greenhouses. Like my grandfather, I love growing things, and would imagine creating an endless summer indoors where I could grow exotic plants. Last year, my childhood fixation was revived when we visited the earth-ships in Taos, New Mexico. This summer, I finally decided to design and build my own…

My husband, Bill, and I just finished building a hoop house in our vegetable garden so we can grow veggies through the fall and winter m...

This hinged DIY hoop house is perfect to extend the growing season, protecting vegetable plants from cold weather and pests. Includes video

If you're looking for a way to extend crop production during the spring and fall, or to grow some plants clear through the winter, a hoop house may be the perfect solution!

Let's start by getting the semantics out of the way; we built a 'hoop-house' that is strictly for starting seedlings, so technically we built a 'prop-house' (propagation house). It's a fairly simple...