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Re: tunnels

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At 08:04 AM 9/3/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>Hi y'all!
>I'm square foot gardening in the Piedmont region in upstate South
>Carolina. It has the advantage of a long growing season (zone 7b), but it
>has the frustrations of high heat and draught, as well as every garden
>predator known to mankind.
>
>During our normally cold, but mild winters, I have successfully raised
>leaf lettuce, arugula, spinach, and mache in a 5 X 5 foot cold frame. In
>February I start my tomato and green pepper seedlings in flats in the
>cold frame. My frustration is that the cold frame just doesn't have
>enough room. I've been thinking about growing some winter greens under
>tunnels. If any of you have any words of wisdom on design, materials,
>(and sources for those), as well as manageable size, I would appreciate
>it. I really don't know where to start, but I need to get going on it, or
>it will be too late for this fall/winter's potential growing season.
>
>Thanks in advance!
>Rob
>
>   =^..^=  =^..^=  =^..^=
>Rob Loach  in Greenville SC
>deloges@juno.com  <d*@juno.com>
>Check out my page  http://homestead.juno.com/deloges/index.html
>The floggings will continue until morale improves.

Rob, it might be useful for you to consult Eliot Coleman's Four-Season 
Harvest. He's dealing with much colder weather than you, but I think he's 
quite expert on the use of growing tunnels  used as season extenders. 
Margaret L

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