Join us for a hands-on, informative workshop where you'll learn how to use low tunnels to extend your growing season, protect crops from weather and pests, and increase your garden or farm’s productivity. Whether you’re a backyard gardener or a small-scale farmer, this session will provide practical skills you can use right away.  

What You’ll Learn: 

  • Benefits of low tunnels for year-round growing. 
  • Materials and construction techniques, 
  • How to manage temperature, moisture, and ventilation. 
  • Best crops for tunnel production  

Cost: Free  

Contact: Karen Funkenbusch, 573.884.1268 funkenbuschk@umsystem.edu  

Partner: A Red Circle, Tony Rushing 

This program is supported in part by the USDA NIFA under Grant ID#2023-0075343-0075343 

Cloth tunnel cover over a raised garden bed.

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