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High Tunnel Construction and Use

At ECO City Farms, we seek to grow great food, farms and farmers! That’s why we partner with Prince George’s Community College to offer the region’s first Certificate in Commercial Urban Agriculture.  To register, see the Summer 2011 Schedule of Noncredit Classes, available at local libraries and community centers, or online at www.pgcc.edu (click on Owl Link, then click on Workforce Development and Cont. Ed. Students, then click on Register Cont. Ed. Courses).

AGR-330 High Tunnel Construction and Use
Learn the basics of high tunnel (also know as hoop house) construction and use. The course instructions on bending metal and building hoops, squaring off corners and placing corner posts, building end walls and covering the tunnel with plastic. Also explore special considerations when growing in high tunnels, such as water, ventilation, and soil. 2-class series offered in June and in August. (2 sessions—$70 + $20 materials fee)

 

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