The Hoop House is up!! I can't tell you how excited I am. Last week I had some family come out and help me finish up the base and put on the plastic. It turned out to be a longer day than expected, but it was well worth the extra effort. I only had to make one run to the hardware store. I think that shows I was well prepared for the day. My parents, our friend Don and I all celebrated our accomplishment at a local burger joint where we toasted to our efforts and enjoyed the earned rest. 

Not only is the hoop house up, but after a week it is still standing. I'm still working on a more permanent door solution. Right now the endwalls are just curtains of greenhouse plastic. I'm still trying to figure out how much I want to engineer the endwalls. 

I can't wait to start planting in there, but unfortunately, I will have to wait. The water isn't turned on out in the fields. That has to come first. Then, once the tomatoes are old enough, I'll be able to get in there and start growing. Oooh, I am excited. Fresh, homegrown tomatoes, here I come!