19 SIMPLE GARDENING TIPS FOR CREATING a Gorgeous AND PRODUCTIVE GARDEN.

Tip #8 the plastic bubble?

what’s in that plastic bubble? it’s row cover that feels kind of like cloth. Row cover is a very lightweight that rain and sun can get through but bugs cannot. Not even the tiniest little midges.

It is the best way to grow hole-free kale, swiss chard, cabbage. It’s also the only way to grow broccoli that isn’t filled with cabbage worms.

To keep crops clean use row cover. you can make hoops out of flexible plumbing pipes or just “float” it right over the plants, holding the edges down with wood and rocks. This necessary for tall vegetables like kale.

for making the hoops, hammer rods or bamboo sticks into the ground on either side of the bed. rods and sticks must be smaller than the circumference of the plumbing pipe so the pipe can slip over the rod. This will hold the hoops in place.

you can buy hoops for around $2 per hoop or just drape the row cover over the hoops and secure with rocks or strips of wood.