Handy Foods hoop house opens for the season

Hoop house is across Fillmore Street

By Stephanie Jaquins, Shaw Local News Network correspondent

Organic Salanova lettuce is grown in a hoop house destroyed by a storm on April 14th at the Prairie Wind Family Farm in Grayslake. Row covers are used to keep the lettuce warm and protected against early frost. (5/2/23) — Handy Foods, 604 W. Main St., Ottawa, has opened its hoop house for the spring. (Candace H. Johnson for Shaw Local)

April 30, 2025 at 2:10 am CDT

Handy Foods, 604 W. Main St., Ottawa, has opened its hoop house for the spring.

The hoop house, which is across Fillmore Street from the grocery store, has annuals, vegetables, hanging baskets, potted flowers and other items.

Hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

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