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The Polytunnel Handbook: Planning Siting Erecting Using Maintaining

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buy an elliot coleman book instead (Four Season.... would be a good one to start with). he has built and used hoop greenhouses for decades. this book gives very little information on how to build on yourself. given the title its very disapointing.

I was extremely disappointed in this book. There was little in the way of practical information at all. I'd recommend The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses or Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long for better coverage of unheated greenhouses for extending the growing season. They have extensive experience with it, and have lots of useful information.

This book didn't have the level of detail I wanted for construction and use of polytunnels in a mini farm setting.. There are other books out there that are much more informative...

The book was good for the money. I liked the facts and figures it provided for the efficiencies of the grow tunnel. After all my question was would a poly tunnel be worth the money. With the information and tips in the book I feel it would make the tunnel worth the money but without the info I would have had a hard time to make it work. For instance who would have thought of putting a cold frame inside a grow tunnel to up night time temps for the plants! I surely would not have with out the info from this book. Really enjoyed finding a new way to extend the harvest. I really like the ease of growing as I get older and work gets harder to do in a regular garden.

The Polytunnel Handbook might initially seem a choice more for libraries strong in home and garden choices, but any also strong in culinary topics will find it a fine survey of how to build a structure that can be an affordable way of growing food year-round even in the dead of winter. From understanding planning permissions and different types and sizes to deciding where to put it and how to use it, THE POLYTUNNEL HANDBOOK is a fine step-by-step to choosing, putting up and maintaining an easy greenhouse.