Growing in North Idaho: Season extenders for a fall garden
Christina Zampich
Floating row covers pull double duty protecting your garden from early frosts in the fall and late frosts in the spring.
Photo by CANDACE GODWIN
Low tunnels can be made from metal support and row cover fabric, or PVC pipe and thick mil plastic as shown here.
Photo by CANDACE GODWIN
Using a floating row cover inside a low tunnel offers even more protection from frost damage.
Photo by CANDACE GODWIN
Hardy greens, like spinach, kale, and arugula will grow well into fall tucked inside a low tunnel.
Photo by CANDACE GODWIN
Sow fall greens in plastic gallon milk jugs — it just like a tiny greenhouse!
Photo by by KARA CARLETON
It seems we just survived that unbearably hot weather that parched our gardens and dared to think “real summer” had finally arrived. Now those pesky meteorologists are using that dreaded word “Frost...
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