admin | December 29, 2009
I sowed a crop of mixed greens and spinach in my new raised bed back at the beginning of December. The raised bed includes uprights at each corner to help support a floating row cover, so important in winter. The row cover keeps the tender seedlings protected from drying winds and frost and keeps [...]
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admin | December 12, 2009
Cold nights can be hard on your tender plants, but there are ways to protect them from freezing that are easy to do.
Plant are damaged when cold temps freeze the water in the stem and leaf cells. The cells swell as they freeze then burst. Holding the air temperature around the plant from dropping to [...]
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Tags: crop protection, Frost, winter weather