Shelter Your Vegetable Garden under Supportive Super Hoops
Winter in Houston was tough on the vegetable garden this year – usually lettuce, spinach, cilantro and other salad-type vegetables produce at a time when the rest of the country stares out on cold, snow-covered landscapes. This year we endured far too many hard freezes with an average high frequently below the average low. Last October I picked up a package of Super Hoops to provide support for garden row covers and insulated garden quilts. I was quick to admit that my effort of planting the garden in early November was a gamble and was prepared for both failure or success. It was an educational experiment that succeeded.
Last night, in mid-March, I nibbled lettuce fresh from the garden and harvested cilantro for a beef-cilantro meal. I’ve nothing but gratitude for these hoops and look forward to using them to protect seedlings from hungry birds this spring.
Small Ladders
It was surprising when the hoops arrived. They resembled short ladders rather than hoops.
