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12 Hoop House Plans to Enjoy Gardening Throughout Winter

Hoop house can change the most difficult time of year for a gardener into an exciting time of year especially when you have some free plans. Nothing grows naturally during the cold winter months, but with a little gardening know-how and a DIY hoop house, you can manipulate the seasons and grow fresh produce even when there’s snow on the ground.

Look over our round up of hoop house plans for building your own hoop house so you can extend the gardening season throughout winter.

1- Build 165 Square ft Hoop House Plan Just Under 50$

Use this plan for building your own PVC hoop greenhouse like this one by doorgarden for less than one dollar per square foot. Cheap, easy and enabling you to grow food and flowers all winter, this greenhouse is a winner.

Build 165 Square ft Hoop House Just Under 50$
Build 165 Square ft Hoop House Just Under 50$, Image via: doorgarden

2-Try This Winter Proof Hoop House Plans(300 sq.ft)Under 300$

When a lot of indoor growing space is needed during the winter, but you live in a region that has high, blustering winter winds, we suggest you to try these plastic greenhouse plans by naturallivingideas. The design makes it windproof and perfect for year around garden use.

Try This Winter Proof Hoop House(300 sq.ft)Under 300$
Try This Winter Proof Hoop House(300 sq.ft)Under 300$, Image via: naturallivingideas

3- Constructing A Simple PVC High Tunnel Hoop House (30’ long by 18’ wide)

How to build a hoop house is given in step-by-step details for this high tunnel hoop house by hightunnels.

With 18 feet of width and 30 feet of length, you can grow anything you want in this protected garden space. Easy, low-cost design makes this a great DIY hoop house when you are propagating plants for a retail business.

Constructing A Simple PVC High Tunnel (30’ long by 18’ wide)
Constructing A Simple PVC High Tunnel (30’ long by 18’ wide), Image via: hightunnels

4-Use Concrete Reinforcing Wire To Make DIY Hoop House Cold Frame

Perfect hoop house plans by instructables to fit right over existing raised beds. Wire used to reinforce concrete is used instead of PVC pipe for the construction of this cold frame.

Use Concrete Reinforcing Wire To Make DIY Hoop House Cold Frame
Use Concrete Reinforcing Wire To Make DIY Hoop House Cold Frame, Image via: instructables

5-Portable Hoop House Plans

Very simple, yet very effective. These designs allows you to quickly construct a portable hoop house like this one by menards over existing raised garden beds to protect plants from an early frost in fall or late frost in spring. A great way to keep your plants warm in fall so they can ripen their final produce of the season.

Hoop House Plan
Hoop House Plan, Image via: menards

6-Get Instructions To Make DIY Hoop House Over Garden Bed

The perfect fit for a small raised garden bed. This DIY hoop house plan by mikesbackyardnursery is slight bigger than a cloche, but smaller than a plastic greenhouse and is a perfect solution for small garden beds.

Get Instructions To Make DIY Hoop House Over Garden Bed
Get Instructions To Make DIY Hoop House Over Garden Bed, Image via: mikesbackyardnursery

7-Retractable Hoop House Plans

When days are warm and nights are cold, garden plants need part-time protection from the elements. These plans for a retractable hoop house by grit can be built to fit an existing raised bed are the perfect solution for those in-between seasons of fall/winter and winter/summer.

 Hoop House Plan
Hoop House Plan, Image via: grit

8-Standard Hoop House Plans

More vegetables and blooms can be had with these standard hoop house plans by motherearthnews. PVC pipe, plastic sheeting and a little wood is all that’s needed to create the standard DIY greenhouse and extend the garden growing season.

Standard Hoop House Plan
Standard Hoop House Plan, Image via: motherearthnews

9-Mini Hoop House Plan

This mini hoop house plan by themindtohomestead of a basic 3 foot by 3 foot hoop house is perfect for herb gardeners who want to have fresh herbs all winter.

Mini Hoop House Plan
Mini Hoop House Plan, Image via: themindtohomestead

10-Low Hoop House Plans

Not every gardener wants or needs a plastic greenhouse in which they can walk inside and work. If you just need a  simple, easy to assemble design that will protect your plants and extend the growing season, we recommend these DIY low hoop house plans by hgtv are right for you. You may also like to see wooden greenhouse plans.

Low Hoop House Plans
Low Hoop House Plans, Image via: hgtv

11-Simple Greenhouse Plans

These DIY plans will enable you to build a simple greenhouse like this one by instructables in your backyard and extend your garden growing season with minimal effort and monetary investment.

Simple Greenhouse
Simple Greenhouse, Image via: instructables

12-Quick Mini Hoop House Plan

Need a DIY plan for a hoop house like this one by treehugger that you can build in a day? This one’s for you. The instructional video will walk you through the quick build so you be done in less than a day.

Quick Mini Hoop House
Quick Mini Hoop House, Image via: tree hugger

Conclusion

Hoop house is similar to other types of greenhouses we shared with you in other articles, the only difference is it has a shape of hoop and is covered by a plastic sheet. Hope you like the above 12 hoop houses we have shown you. You can pick any of the above hoop houses you like the most.

About Farhan Ahsan

My name is Farhan Ahsan,I am web enthusiast, writer and blogger. I always strive to be passionate about my work. I started my work at the beginning of 2007 by engaging myself with detail reading and exchanging information with others. Since then things and times have changed, but one thing remains the same and that is my passion for helping and educating people, building a successful blog and delivering quality content to the readers. I always love to write about gardening, sustainable life, off grid living and homestead farming.

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2 comments

  1. The main problem with cold-greenhouse is that, the temperature is very high during sunny day but, in the night, temperature drops down near to the outside temperature…so if you want to grow frost-sensitive plants in a not frost-free area these greenhouse are not the solution

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