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how to use row covers effectively to protect your plants
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In my email a few days ago, I talked about how you can cheat winter and grow vegetables all season long without a greenhouse. I've been doing it for the past five winters in my climate, where the lows are anywhere between 0°F to 25° (and occasionally a bit below that). I usually have a mix of mature plants left over from my summer garden and baby-leaf greens that were seeded in early fall, and all of them overwinter easily. The key is 1) growing cold-hardy plants appropriate for your climate, and 2) using the right cover to protect them. As surprising as it sounds, you do NOT need to use the heaviest frost blanket out there to help your plants survive winter. (And you definitely don't need to use plastic covers—in fact, they're not the best choice if you prefer to be less hands-on.) Here's your guide to row covers for the garden, what to use, and how to use them. (And if you're not sure when you should put them on or take them off your plants, use my frost date lookup tool here.) Is your inbox filling up fast with all kinds of Black Friday offers already? Yeah, me too. 🙈 But a few caught my eye this week because they're deals I'll definitely be taking advantage of:
I'll be sharing more deals next week, including my own holiday gift guides! P.S. Of all the different types of row covers out there, do you know which one is best for helping plants survive winter? I cover them all in this post. P.P.S. Fall is the best time to work on your soil. 🍂 Get a jump start on proper soil-building and learn my "lazy techniques" to create healthy, active, nutrient-rich soil by spring—with much less work than doing it all in spring! I share more in Lazy Gardening Academy. |
Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."