Growing Under Cover

Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use small solutions like cloches, row covers, shade cloth, cold frames, and hoophouses, as well as larger protective structures like greenhouses and polytunnels, to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Photographed in her own super-productive garden, Jabbour highlights the many benefits of using protective covers to plant earlier, eliminate pests, and harvest a healthier, heartier bounty year round. With enthusiasm, inventive techniques, and proven, firsthand knowledge, this book provides invaluable advice from a popular and widely respected gardening authority.



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  Best-selling author Niki Jabbour provides an essential, in-depth guide to creating controlled growing spaces for productive vegetable gardening, using row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, hoophouses, and more.
Niki Jabbour is the award-winning author of Growing Under Cover, Niki Jabbour's Veggie Garden Remix, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, and Groundbreaking Food Gardens. Her work is found in Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Birds & Blooms, Horticulture, and other publications, and she speaks widely on food gardening at events and shows across North America. She is the host and creator of The Weekend Gardener radio show. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and can be found online at nikijabbour.com.  Grow your best garden no matter what Mother Nature throws at you.



Niki Jabbour's successful techniques for producing a continuous harvest in the vegetable garden have been embraced by fans of her bestseller The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. Now she expands the options for extending the growing season by using protective covers to create controlled spaces for vegetables to thrive. With these methods, you can plant earlier, harvest later, keep pests at bay, and protect crops from sudden changes in the weather. Learn how to deploy different types of garden covers effectively to:



- Increase germination

- Minimize transplant shock

- Keep plants from bolting

- Protect plants from frost

- Deter pests

- Maintain consistent temperatures

- Harvest food year-round



 
Preface: Why I'm an Under Cover Gardener

Part 1: Introducing the Covered Garden

  1 Choosing a Structure to Fit Your Needs

  2 Starting Small: Mini Hoop Tunnels and Cold Frames

  3 Larger Structures: Polytunnels, Geodesic Domes, and Bioshelters

  4 Growing the Covered Garden

  5 Setting Up Systems

  6 Preventing Diseases, Pests, and Poor Pollination

Part 2: Vegetables That Love a Cover

  Artichoke

  Arugula

  Beans

  Beets

  Broccoli & Cauliflower

  Cabbage & Chinese Cabbage

  Carrots

  Celery & Celeriac

  Cucumbers

  Eggplant

  Endive

  Fennel

  Kale & Collards

  Lettuce

  Melons & Watermelons

  Parsnips

  Peas

  Peppers

  Radishes & Turnips

  Scallions

  Spinach

  Squash

  Swiss Chard

  Tomatoes

Acknowledgments

Metric Conversions

Index "Niki is who I repeatedly turn to for the nudge, and knowledge, to push the zone a little, stretch the season at either end, protect the plants, and get more, more, more from my efforts."

- Margaret Roach, author of A Way to Garden



"Growing Under Cover is my new favorite resource. It has all the knowledge you need to take the guesswork out of extending the season. Essential reading for learning how to use covers to extend the season, control pests naturally, and keep your garden growing strong."

- Joe Lamp'l, executive producer and host of Growing a Greener World



"I can see Growing Under Cover becoming well-w