Yesterday, Spencer and I got the roll-up door pipe replaced using the larger diameter pipe and new fabric clips.  It feels like a stronger assembly and, although I'm not looking forward to another big wind, it seems like it should be able to withstand stronger gusts.

I am still looking for a cheap but solid walk-through door to install on the South end, so we don't have to roll a big door up every time we want to get access to the inside of the high tunnel.

We got the high tunnel patched and the doors secured, to hopefully withstand another wind storm.  I also, secured the ends of the long side, roll-up walls, so the wind cannot blow through the high tunnel, that should help to combat wind damage but also keep the warmer air inside the high tunnel from blowing out.

FarmTek sent us replacement pipes for the roll up doors, the new pipe is a larger diameter and hopefully stronger.  We tried to replace the pipe but realized the aluminum clips that we had were the wrong size, I emailed FarmTek and they sent out new clips the next day, at no cost to me.  The replacement clips should be here tomorrow.  Their customer service has been very good.

We still have 5 varieties of leaf lettuce growing in there now, as well as kale, spinach, turnips and beets.  It was pretty cool to be able to have a fresh salad last night with lettuce from our high tunnel, especially this late in the season.

We had a pretty high wind and cold come through about two weeks ago, it did some damage to the two big end doors, so I had to get out and fix the doors as well as the holes that were punctured in the top plastic.  The cold inside the high tunnel did a little damage to our leaf lettuce and the tops of the turnips.

I talked to Farm Tek earlier this week and they are sending out a heavier, larger diameter pipe for the bottom of the roll up door and some more patching tape, all at no cost to us, I am glad they are working on making it right.  I am also working on a way to tie down the center of the door, so it doesn't flex and break in the wind.

Here is a picture of our first snow on the high tunnel.

I know it's been a long time since I updated the blog so here goes...

Here is the completed high tunnel picture.

Here are some other pictures of the high tunnel as we went through Fall.

We planted some late season, cold tolerant, crops in the two center rows.  We had lettuce, chinese cabbage, kale, spinach, radishes, turnips, beets and bunch onions.

Here are some pictures from a couple of our harvests, we had great production from our tomatoes, peppers and squash.