Enhancing and Restoring Safety & Quality Cultures - Dave Litwiller - May 2024...
High Tunnel Intro
1. Intro to High Tunnels at Au Naturel Farm with Paul and Alison Wiediger 52 Weeks of local sustainable and profitable produce.
2. What is a ‘High Tunnel’? Single poly, double poly. Steel frame, pvc frame, Haygrove, etc. And How can one be used?
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23. Blessed with our climate, we are able to use high tunnels for winter growing. This is newly planted lettuce, and lettuce ready to harvest on December 30th.
34. 2:00 PM, 80 degrees and everything totally recovered.
35. But outside, it’s still really cold – about 19 degrees. The heat gain from the sun, and the ability of the plants to recover always amazes us – it’s always a miracle.