Extending the Growing Season

Tintah Beach Farm near Thief River Falls is home to one of Minnesota’s first farm-scale deep winter greenhouses. Marcus Langevin worked with the University of Minnesota to design this facility. “The farm-scale deep winter design greenhouses are basically twice the size of previous design concepts,” said Langevin. “It really gets growers like myself excited with all of that available square footage; it’s approximately 1,000 square feet of winter growing space. It’s going to allow my farm to extend the growing season another four to six months out of the year.” Langevin plans to grow kale, spinach, and microgreens this winter. His primary audience is CSA or Community Supported Agriculture customers. The greenhouse stores thermal heat in the ground during the day for use on demand. Tintah Beach Farm hosted an open house this Saturday afternoon.