Garden tunnel

The weather is cooling down and I am out picking the last fruits of our labor in the garden. I can't help but look around and take note of the mistakes we made and the successes we had this year. The failures can really drag you down, but truthfully they are not failures. They are

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Aaron Letourneau on Instagram: "It’s been two seasons since we built the NH Garden Tunnel! This tunnel is great for way more than gourds. #gourds #gardentunnel #gourdart #cattlepanel #growyourcanvas"

To create an environment where you can grow plants for longer than the season allows you then consider creating your own high tunnel from one of these ideas

An interesting garden has a degree of mystery to it and this little tunnel over the "tricycle track" in the Moonlight Garden provides that mystery. I built it a couple years ago by adding five wire arbors in a row over the DG path and planting a number of vines at the base. There are passion flowers and potato vines mixed in with the grape vines which are finally able to cover the entire tunnel this year. There are grapes on the vines, but I suspect the birds will get the majority of them…

The Forestiere Underground Gardens (pictured) were tunneled out in the early 1900s by Sicilian immigrant and citrus farmer Baldassare Forestiere, who dug it by hand, in California.

Building a mini hoop tunnel is easy, and it has a multitude of uses in the garden. Learn how to build and use a mini hoop tunnel, here.

For a small investment you can double your food production. Words: Ben Gaia Whether home-made or custom-designed, having a large covered area in our climate enables us to extend our range of growing times and species. Veges can be grown right through the frosty months, providing salads and peas for home use. Propagating under cover gets your seedlings going weeks ahead of normal, allowing for late spring planting after frosts. Spring sees the propagating trays fill the floor and every…