A visit with Farmer Roger

The idea of a microclimate is one that good gardeners learn to utilize, even if they don’t know the idea by name. On the farm, where we are growing a large number of plants, we need ways to change the amount of heat, light, and water that our plants receive. Low tunnels, drip line, plastic mulch, row cover, raised beds, hoophouses and shade cloth are the seven techniques I’m writing about today for manipulating the growing conditions around our crops.

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