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Season Extension: Autumn Vegetables

11/12/2014

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Extending Your Autumn Vegetable Season

Overview
You can extend your autumn vegetable season for months, even without a high tunnel. Chris Blanchard will discuss succession planting, storage crops, and other low-cost season-extending options.

Outline
1. Fall Planting for Outdoor Harvest
2. Storage Crops
3. Packing and Storage
4. High and Low Tunnels
5. Winter Production
6. Going Mobile

Series
In The Field

Topics
Production, Season Extension

Audience
All Farmers

Length
45 - 90 minutes

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Season Extension: Hoophouses

11/7/2014

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Organic Under Glass and Plastic

Overview
Hoophouses can provide a competitive advantage, a more-certain crop, and a way to spread income and work over a longer growing season. Chris Blanchard will give you a look at construction options, cropping techniques, and how to extend the growing season for warm-season crops as well as produce greens through the winter.

Outline
1. Summer Production
2. Winter Production
3. Hoophouse Troubles
4. Construction Styles and Options
5. Going Mobile
6. A Final Thought

Series
In The Field

Topics
Production, Season Extension

Audience
All Farmers

Length
45 - 90 minutes

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    Workshop Topics:
    Business
    Finances
    Food Safety
    Irrigation
    Labor
    Management
    Marketing
    Post Harvest Handling
    Pricing
    Production
    Records Management
    Risk Management
    Scaling Up
    Season Extension
    Systems
    Transplants
    Value Added

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