<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f7ee1f0b-25f8-4c81-bbdd-5c6ef14b1d17/A965CEC7-6222-4710-B1FE-DAE05AA86EEC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/" href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.boston.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/"><H1>Create a micro climate for cold-hardy greens</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boston.com/img/0DB3B25A-77A3-4D21-974D-360302E25881" alt="A do-it-yourself hoop house or cold frame will help your fall and winter vegetables survive harsh overnight freezes." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/">There’s no better cure for the end-of-summer blues than extending your growing season. It’s as simple as planting cold-weather crops.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/"><P>For me, that means a variety of Asian greens, which are great in stir fry and soup. (I have literally knocked snow off of my bok choy for beef stir fry.) Chinese kale and most kale varieties also do extremely well - if covered - and can add hearty crunch to soups. Bok choy and pok choy are quick to germinate and grow, so I can get a full crop in before the ground freezes. Same goes for many lettuces. Learn how to prep your bed and sow seeds in my video on <A href="http://Boston.com/" target="_new">Boston.com</A>’s Gardening blog.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2009/10/08/create_a_micro_climate_for_cold_hardy_greens/"><P>For those of us in the Northeast, installing a hoop house or cold frame over your garden means you can create a micro climate around your plants that will bring the temperature inside up by almost 20 degrees on a sunny day. A hoop house will give your fall and winter veggies an extra lift to get through overnight freezes.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A965CEC7-6222-4710-B1FE-DAE05AA86EEC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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