Undercover Device: The Cloche

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September/October 1984
 
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Now, this timetable isn't one that we'd recommend to the average vegetable gardener. However, for us it served the dual purpose of supplying needed photographic material and testing the effectiveness of the PVC tunnel cloche. Furthermore, MOTHER's gardeners found the latter easy to construct, use, and take down once the job was done: The plastic cover was untied and removed, and the PVC pipes were pulled off their rebar posts and stored next to an outbuilding. All in all, the cloche proved a great success.

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Our specific problem called for a tunnel cloche, but you might be better off with a different design. Each type has its own virtue; and if it's a waste of time and energy to use dozens of plastic bottles in a garden consisting of twelve or fourteen 20' rows, it's equally counterproductive to build a tunnel cloche if you're cultivating a small, circular bed. So if you want to extend the season with one of these devices, select the type that suits your garden and your resources ...and then be prepared to reap the rewards: fruits, flowers, herbs, and vegetables that you can start early in the season and harvest—after later sowings—well into winter's cold.

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