The new one is built of stock panels that can easily be obtained from your local farm store. These were bent over to form the structure. It was fairly simple to build. The trick to holding the plastic on is something called "wiggle wire". Wiggle wire is hard to explain. So, here is an illustration of how it works.
The wire comes in a long strip that has been bent back and forth. It fits into a metal channel that is screwed to the hoophouse structure. It is amazing how well this works. We have a lot of wind here in our part of Oklahoma and have had no trouble with the plastic blowing loose.
As you can see from the above picture, Tom has already putting it to good use. Below is a better picture of what he has planted.
On the left, he has a loose-leaf lettuce mixture composed of several kinds of lettuce. Down the middle, there are some bok choi plants interspersed with spinach. On the right side, he has 2 different kinds of kale He has a soaker hose strung along the rows for watering.
He tells me that he is pleased with how this hoophouse turned out and is already thinking about building another one.
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