Grow your best garden no matter what Mother Nature throws at you. Niki Jabbour's successful techniques for producing a continuous harvest in the vegetable garden have been embraced by fans of her bestseller The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. Now she expands the options for extending the growing season by using protective covers to create controlled spaces for vegetables to thrive. With these methods, you can plant earlier, harvest later, keep pests at bay, and protect crops from sudden changes in the weather. Learn how to deploy different types of garden covers effectively to: - Increase germination - Minimize transplant shock - Keep plants from bolting - Protect plants from frost - Deter pests - Maintain consistent temperatures - Harvest food year-round