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Low-Cost Way To Protect Garden Plants From Frost
Here's a low-cost way to protect garden plants from frost. It adds a couple of weeks to each end of the growing season. Simply place straw or hay bales in a rectangle and plant in the opening between the bales. Then put old window glass or clear plastic over the top. On warm days you can remove a couple of panes to let
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Low-Cost Way To Protect Garden Plants From Frost FARM HOME Miscellaneous 27-4-41 Here's a low-cost way to protect garden plants from frost. It adds a couple of weeks to each end of the growing season. Simply place straw or hay bales in a rectangle and plant in the opening between the bales. Then put old window glass or clear plastic over the top. On warm days you can remove a couple of panes to let air circulate. The bales can be removed as soon as the danger of frost has passed. When fall arrives, you can put the bales back. I've used this idea with tomatoes for more than 15 years, and it works great. (George Kiddoo, Box 80, 411 West 4th Ave., Sprague, Wash. 9903)
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