Market Farming

[Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>]

> The leaf crops (lettuce, mustards, spring mix, arugula) benefited the
> most. The yields go up and the leaf quality is great (thinner, more
> delicate) and they are harvestable earlier. Granted we did not grow the
> leaf crops in July or August because we thought we couldn't afford the
> water and didn't have the energy to get beds ready and planted. I
> suspect these crops would do as well under white row covers as they
> would under black shade cloth.

I had a bed of brocolli raab simply burnup under relatively light 
remay (sorry, I don't know the guage, but I do know that the deer 
tore it readily when they walked on it. From this I decided that row 
covers couldn't be used in August or July on non-heatloving crops.

I'd like to hear other people's experiences.

-Allan
in Virginia