VIRTUAL FARM TOUR - HIGH TUNNEL

High Tunnel - Initial 24' x 92' Framing at Garden - Progress Photo - Fall 2004 - Photo 1 of 6.
Originally a garden plot for flowers, vegetables and herbs. Kerry is still cutting zinnias in late Fall. Soil preparation for the site began nearly two years earlier. Notice the sloping site has been preserved. All posts conservatively concreted-in at 4'-0'' o.c. with all post tops cut to the same elevation.

High Tunnel - Progress Photo - Winter 2005 - Photo 2 of 6.
Tubular framing, longitudinal and corner bracing, and wooden emergency centerline support completed.
Notice the high tunnel roof-line is level although the site slopes in both directions.

High Tunnel - Progress Photo - June 2005 - target completion Fall 2005 - Photo 3 of 6.
Notice the partially completed end-walls, in-ground insulation (blue at the baseboard-level) and two
interior walkways. Aluminum wiggle-wire track installed at baseboards and end-walls.
Buckwheat and cow pea cover crop and compost amendment in progress.

High Tunnel - Progress Photo - November 2005 - Photo 4 of 6.
The end walls have been insulated with twin-wall polycarbonate panels. Each end wall has an automatic window and two 4' x 8' doors. The interior beds and walkways have been completed. Another buckwheat and cow pea cover crop has been grown, cut and dug-in. Electrical service completed - four lights and timer-controlled HAF fans (to be installed). Other grow lights to be added as needed.

High Tunnel - Progress Photo - exterior near completion - November 2005 - Photo 5 of 6.
Double 6-mil poly covering installed using wiggle-wire (four people, two hours of work)

High Tunnel - Completed - December 2005 - Photo 6 of 6. (see the Press Release)
Notice the side- and end-wall, taped-poly treatment to drain and seal the building. Blower fan for the
twin-wall poly and four HAF fans installed. Ready for production - just transplant seedlings,
turn on timed drip irrigation, add another interior bed poly-layer as needed.