Hi, Lara,
I'm in Montana, so definitely colder than TX, and we get a lot of wind, too! I'll second Kendall's suggestion. We use the same Agribon row cover on our row crops at our downtown farm as well as over PVC hoops at one of our school gardens. At the farm we anchor them with sand or rock bags, but at the school we use rocks at the base and try to get the row cover as tight as possible. If it blows around still, we've used binder clips on the PVC hoops. This is just for season extension, though. Our garden season is over late October - mid-November, depending on when the snow comes!
Good luck!
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Aubrey Johnson
Farm to School of Park County
Livingston, MT
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-31-2021 09:55:13 AM
From: Lara Guerra
Subject: Row Covers
I garden with 1st and 2nd graders in Dallas so our winters aren't usually too bad. Last years polar vortex was the exception to the rule (I hope!) but I still want to over prepare just in case it happens again. We have 4' x 8' beds with PVC pipe hoops above and our garden is adjacent to a very windy soccer field. The width and length of what I am able to purchase locally makes it hard to secure the covers and keep them from blowing in the wind.
If you garden in a colder climate than Dallas, do you have row covers in your garden? What brand and weight do you use? How do you weight the sides down?
Thanks for any thoughts or feedback you care to share.
Lara Guerra
The Hockaday School
Dallas, TX
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Lara Guerra
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