Since I came home Saturday with some tomato plants, they needed a home. I prepared one of the garden beds and moved the cloche frame in. See these links to part I and part II of the cloche's first days.
Inside the cloche, I planted the tomatoes and mini bell peppers. Outside of it, I planted broccoli and Flashy Trout's Back romaine lettuce. Then I put the plastic in place using the clips from Japan. The photo, above, is before I closed the ends.
That's a large Oriental poppy seen through the other end. It's not yet blooming like Alison's.
Here it is closed up for the evening. On hot days, I don't open the ends all the way. I undo a clip at the top of each end which opens up a "vent" simply due to the way the plastic fits over the frame.
This same frame recovered from this snow damage and here too.
2 comments:
I have a similar hoophouse covering my tomatoes. Did you add the ridgepole after it sagged from the snow? I added one this year, after it got very saggy. I use woodworking clamps on mine.
Hope you get lots of tomatoes!
Hi Alison - I added the ridgepole for stability. It also keeps the hoops upright and the plastic from sagging between the hoops. Do you have a picture posted of yours?
Things looked good in there today, even after the cold night.
Paula
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