Hoop House Tour

My garden is undergoing a period of transition right now, signaled in part by the onset of daylight savings last weekend. You can surely feel it in the air as temperatures are expected to reach down to 27 degrees F tonight. I have a feeling it is going to be a chilly November. Now is as good a time as any to write a post on some of the things I have growing in my mini hoop houses. It will be interesting to see how well they all fare in the coming months. In no particular order:


I have a couple rows of Tango and Red Romaine lettuce that need to be thinned. I would be delighted to have small heads of Tango lettuce to harvest this December.


The tatsoi is about ready. We still have a ton of stored greens left to eat so maybe I'll get around to harvesting them sometime next week. Luckily, my tatsoi have suffered only minimal slug damage.


The Red Russian kale has really taken off during the past couple of weeks. I have four currently growing. They still need a few more weeks before we can start harvesting the leaves.


I have spinach growing in two of my beds. I think I'll harvest some baby spinach from one bed and leave the other patch to mature.

I will not be eating Swiss chard anytime soon. It will be interesting to see how well they overwinter.


Here's a crop I haven't talked about much - Minutina. It's thin crisp leaves are supposed to add an interesting texture to a winter salad. Out of all the winter greens I've sown thus far, this one has germinated the best by far. I'm hoping its growth will prove equally as reliable in the coming months.

Finally, I cleaned up a couple of areas inside my hoop houses, into which I sowed some lettuce and pak choi. Again, another experimental sowing. We will see how this all plays out.