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by Jesse W. Love (Author)
Grow More Food-Even When the Weather Says You Can't
If you've ever tried to garden in early spring or late fall, you already know the frustration.Cold nights, sudden frosts, heavy snow, and harsh winds can wipe out seedlings overnight. Store-bought greenhouses are expensive, flimsy, or complicated-and many DIY plans leave you guessing, cutting twice, and hoping it all works out.
You want fresh vegetables, flowers, and healthy plants beyond the short growing season, but the weather-and complicated construction-keeps getting in the way. Without a reliable greenhouse:
- Your growing season is cut short by months
- Warm-weather crops struggle or fail
- Seed starting gets delayed, costing you yield
- Store-bought produce replaces what you wanted to grow yourself
- Most "solutions" are either too weak to survive winter or too complex to build
This book shows you exactly how to build a super-sturdy, spacious hoop greenhouse-even if you've never built anything before. Designed for real gardeners and real weather, this innovative hoop greenhouse has been proven to stand up to heavy snow and high winds while still being simple enough to build in a weekend. With clear step-by-step instructions and 37 close-up photos, you'll see precisely how everything fits together-from squaring the base to reinforcing the hoops. No guesswork. No complicated cuts. No special skills required.
Imagine stepping into your own bright, sun-filled greenhouse while it's still freezing outside.
Inside, you'll have:
- 168 square feet of growing space (12′ × 14′)
- 7-foot center ceilings-tall enough for hanging plants, tiered shelves, and even small fruit trees
- Early seed starts for bumper harvests
- Fresh vegetables and flowers growing weeks earlier-and lasting months longer
- The option to grow nearly year-round with inexpensive insulation upgrades
- Start seeds early without fear of frost
- Grow warm-weather crops long before winter is over
- Extend your harvest well into late fall
- Easily expand by adding another hoop greenhouse
- Disassemble and move it if you ever relocate
- 37 clear, close-up construction photos
- Complete material lists and detailed cut lists
- Scale drawings and precise measurements
- Step-by-step directions for building, leveling, and squaring the base
- Reinforced metal ridgepole design for exceptional strength
- Instructions for running electricity (heater or fan optional)
- Details for converting it into a super-insulated, year-round greenhouse
- Simple lumber cuts (or have them done at the lumber yard)
- Minimal tools required
- Designed to be built by one person in a weekend or two people in a day
If you're ready to stop letting the weather control your garden-and start growing more food, earlier and longer-this book gives you everything you need. Build a greenhouse that's:
- Affordable
- Strong
- Spacious
- Expandable
- And designed to last
Author Biography
Jesse Love is a writer, photographer, world traveler, inventor, and the Designer and Project Manager for the Celestopea floating ocean communities. His writings include 'How to' books such as the popular 'How to Build a Greenhouse', condensed history books such as the regional bestseller 'History of St. Augustine: Whimsically Illustrated History of North Americas Oldest City', guide books including the regional bestseller 'Hot Springs of Western Washington', and innovative self-help books such as 'Depression Free! Revolutionary Multimedia Self-treatment for Depression, Anxiety and Bi-polar Disorder'. He has been interviewed by newspapers, magazines and television shows regarding his expertise in a variety of fields. His work and projects have attracted the interest of people around the world including the president of Costa Rica who went on national television in 2000 to talk to the people of his country about the inspiration of the Celestopea Project. A contributor to various magazine and newspaper articles he also enjoys copywriting, technical writing and ghostwriting. He has also designed and written the copy for several dozen websites. For seven years he was the co-editor of the award-winning Celestopea Times, which won Magical Blends coveted 'Most Innovative Online Periodical' award in 2006. When he is not writing you'll often find him and his wife Sumara leading wilderness adventure tours, particularly to energy vortex locations around the world.
