Farmer Paul built eight raised garden beds this spring in which we are raising asparagus, strawberries, a multitude of herbs, some vegetables that have more specific soil needs so are not grown in the regular vegetable garden and some medicinally useful perennials such as purple coneflower (aka echinacea) with two more beds to spare for next years' development.
Next we covered the beds with Agribon row cover that protects from freezing while allowing light transmission and rainwater through.
And then secured the lightweight fabric with snap clamps, again from Johnny's Seeds.
Gathered the Agribon at both ends so we could continue to easily access the plants inside as needed and tied it off using Cable Clamps.
The beds were covered and the project completed in about three hours total work time. Our own mini-greenhouses in less than half a day!
But alas, sweet summer has come and gone and last weekend was time to get ready for the first frost, with the goal of overwintering some of the hardier annual herbs and protecting the tender first year strawberries.
First, we bent .5 inch galvanized metal electrical conduit into hoops using a fancy high tech hoop bender from Johnny's Seeds which made bending low greenhouse hoops very easy.
Then we secured the hoops over the beds:
Next we covered the beds with Agribon row cover that protects from freezing while allowing light transmission and rainwater through.
And then secured the lightweight fabric with snap clamps, again from Johnny's Seeds.
Gathered the Agribon at both ends so we could continue to easily access the plants inside as needed and tied it off using Cable Clamps. 
The beds were covered and the project completed in about three hours total work time. Our own mini-greenhouses in less than half a day!
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