Randy and Laura Pierce took advantage of an NRCS special initiative through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to build their high tunnel in 2010. After six years, they talk about the lessons they have learned, adjustments they have made, and some important considerations for those interested in getting started with a high tunnel.

Winter temperatures in Alliance, Nebraska can drop to -20°F (the record low is -40°F/C), but retired mailman Russ Finch grows oranges in his backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. Instead, he draws on the earth's stable temperature (around 52 degrees in his region) to grow warm weather produce- citrus, figs, pomegranates - in the snow.