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Using high tunnels can help farms extend their growing season, but proper management can improve the effectiveness of high tunnels as a farm tool.
The group, MidAtlantic Women in Agriculture, recently hosted Neith Little, a University of Maryland Extension agent, as she presented a webinar on the topic of âHigh Tunnel Best Management Practices.â
Little clarified a few differences between the high tunnel and the greenhouse.
âThere (are important differences) in funding and zoning,â she said.
In general, a high tunnel is a temporary structure. In some municipalities, that means it wonât require a building permit; in others, the farmer must obtain a permit.
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What s inside potting soil? Everything but soil. danchooalex/Getty Images
If you find it shocking that there s no actual dirt in potting soil (also known as potting mix), you re not alone. Much of the confusion is probably because gardening experts don t use the word soil the same way that regular people do. Soil is a broad term and is often used interchangeably with planting medium. Soil in general is composed of minerals and organic matter (decomposing plant, animal or microbial matter), explains Paul Cunningham, hard goods buyer for Pike Nurseries & Armstrong Garden Centers in an email interview. A planting medium refers to a variety of materials used for planting in containers or the ground. Depending on the recipe, potting soil is soil because it contains all ingredients mentioned.