Webinar: Extending the Growing Season Using High Tunnels and Hoop Houses

Fall has finally arrived. For many this is a busy time at home, at work and especially in the garden where there are crops to harvest, prepare and preserve; seeds to save; weeds to pull; debris to collect and compost;cover crops to plant and the list goes on. To help you save time, money and space, USDA’s People’s Garden Initiative has invited experts to share advice in its 2011 Fall Webinar Series.

A series of five hour-long trainings will broadcast live on Wed. Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 2
from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. They are free for anyone to watch online. The
November 2 webinar will feature Ron Cordsiemon, Missouri Plant Materials Center Manager
for USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, who will discuss the different types of
structures used and the time and expense involved for construction. This session also will look
at the potential for increased production among different types of vegetables. To join the
training, register at www.extension.iastate.edu/broadcasts/emg/.