Building your own DIY hoop house to protect delicate plants from the cold is easy, fairly inexpensive, and worth the effort.

No need to buy a new trellis for your plants when you can easily create your own using inexpensive embroidery hoops from thrift shops or homeware stores.

For this DIY, you'll need hula hoops, a container that isn't see-through and is heavy and large enough to hold the hoops in place without toppling over, Styrofoam, spray paint, copper tubing, and ...

Rather than using a typical wire wreath base I opted for a large, wooden quilter's hoop, which is much like a gigantic embroidery hoop.