Fanning On The Edge (Continued from Page A 22) few frames for other farmers. Since then the business has been slowly growing.” That’s putting it mildly. Today, Person’s high tunnel frames are found on farms throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. The University of New Hampshire used his frames for research throughout the 1980 s. When Penn State estab lished its Center for Plasticulture Salad greens in the ground. Plastic hoops and floating row cover provide extra warmth and protection, like an extra blanket on a cold night. and 7520 Itactors 3.3% 3.7% 3.9% MSB. KSS. (Si. (www.piasticulture.cas.psu.edu) in 1998, it bought two dozen of Person’s frames. “Use of this technology will allow growers to produce certain crops year around. (High tun nels) will allow the consumers of the commonwealth to purchase locally grown produce for a long er period of time than has been previously possible,” report Penn State horticulturists William La ment and Michael Orzolek. They’re not kidding. 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Zimmerman, Inc. 295 Woodcorner Rd. • Lltltz, PA 17543 • 717/738-7365 Hours: M<&r- Fri.; 7-5 Call ot write for additonaWpformation Tomato ai other seedlings planted this spring with drip tape, twine trellis tied to the frame, and floating row cover on heavy wire hoops keep bugs out, beside providing extra warmth. hels start the cash flowing in not out for us in late February or early March. They carry us through to Thanksgiving or even Christinas, depending on weather and how hard we want to push ourselves. We could use them to farm Added Value With Our 2 Coat Process! . 1. Five step metal preparation, including iron phosphate ' conversion coating, to enhance adhesion & prevent undercoat 1 corrosion —2 Zinc rich epoxy powder undercoat, from October through May, like Eliot Coleman does in coastal Maine. But we usually don’t. After all, we have to rest some time. On second thought, maybe Eliot has the right idea surely would be nice to take the summer off for a change. 3 Sizes Available To Meet Your Cattle Handling Needs • CA Series: 7 locks per 10’ • HE Series: 6 locks per 10’ • CO Series: 4 or 5 locks per 10’ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 2003-A23 For more information, two of the best books about high tunnels on the market today are; • “The Hoopfrouse Handbook, Growing Pro duce and Flowers in Hoophouses and High Tunnels” by Lynn Byczyn ski (2003). Send $l5 (payable to Growing for Market) to Fairplains Publications, P.O. Box 3747, Law rence, KS 66046, (800) 307-8949, www.gro wingformar- ket.com. • “The NOTICE: FARM OWNERS Goodville Mutual is One of the Top 5 Farm Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania. WANT TO KNOW WHY? \ Liz Martin Martin Insurance Agency 459 C N. George St. Millersville, PA 17551 (717) 872-7756 ' Toll Free 1-877-791-5235 www.martlnmsurance com Affordable insurance for form, home,vehicle, and small business. Winter-Harvest Manual, Farm ing The Back Side Of The Cal endar” by Eliot Coleman (2001). Send $l5 (payable to Four Sea son Farm) to Four Season Farm, 609 Weir Cove Rd., Harborside, ME 04642, www.fourseason farm.com. A few high tunnel manufactur ers: • Atlas Greenhouse Systems, P.O. Box 558, Alapaha, GA 31622, (800) 346-4600, www.at lasgreenhouse.com. • Farm Tek’s Growers Sup ply*- 1440 Field of Dreams Way, Dyers vllle, IA 52040, (800) 327-6835, www.farmtek.com. , • Ledgewood Farm Green house Frames, RFD 1 Box 375, Moultonboro, NH 03254, (603) ,476-8829. • Ludy’s Greenhouse Manu facturing, P.O. Box 141, New Madison, OH 45346, (937) 996-8031, www.ludy.com. • X.S. Smith, P.O. Drawer X, Red Bank, NJ 07701, (732) 222-4600, www.xssmith.com. Editor’s note: With his wife and 26-year-old son, George De- Vault raises certified organic veg etables near Emmaus, PA. He is a Food and Society Policy Fellow with the Thomas Jefferson Agri cultural Institute and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy in a program funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The De- Vaults’ articles on diversification, high-value crops, cut flowers and direct marketing are available on the Rodale Institute’s new Web site, www.newfarm.org. • The nation's largest dairy * • show, the All-American, • • is scheduled at the new • , and renovated Harrisburg , • Farm Show Complex • • Sept. 21-25. To highlight * • the event, lantastrr • • farming bos scheduled • • its annual All-Amorkan * • Show issue Sept. 20. • • Along with the issue will * • be family farm features * • on who is exhibiting. • • Also planned for pages of * • Section A: the complete , e All-American schedule and • • additional highlights * Lancaster farming's Classified Ads Get Results!
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