Let's get whimsical with the spring breeze with this cute way of turning a hula hoop and some plastic scraps into an ...

Last fall, my husband and I built a small hoop house, which is a plastic-covered greenhouse. Its primary purpose was for growing cold-tolerant vegetable crops through the winter months. Since winters ...

On a cool but sunny day in late March, I parted a plastic curtain, stepped into a hoop house in Swannanoa, and found a flourishing garden. Arugula, Swiss chard, spring beauty, ‘Lollo Rosso’ lettuce, ...

Hoop houses, those large temporary membrane structures, remain banned in Elmhurst residential areas, although home gardeners looking to extend the growing season may use smaller plastic-covered low ...

Nearly two dozen supporters of an Elmhurst family’s long-running effort to get city permission to extend their backyard gardening season with a plastic-covered temporary greenhouse demanded Monday ...