Growing Under Cover: Techniques for a More Productive, Weather-Resistant, Pest-Free Vegetable Garden

Author Niki Jabbour offers an in-depth guide to creating controlled growing spaces for productive vegetable gardening using various covers like row covers, shade cloth, low tunnels, cold frames, and hoophouses. Jabbour’s guide addresses the challenges of unpredictable weather and pest infestations. She shows how to use small solutions like cloches and row covers, as well as larger structures like greenhouses and polytunnels, to create controlled growing spaces for vegetables to thrive. Photographed in her own super-productive garden, Jabbour emphasizes the benefits of using protective covers to plant earlier, eliminate pests, and harvest a healthier, heartier bounty year-round.