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Article: If your growing season is 60 days, you need some tricks.
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- May 1, 1984
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It was mid-June--officially almost summer--but in Aspen, Colorado, the novice gardener who went by the calendar was crestfallen. All 45 of his promising tomato seedlings, planted with care in the community vegetable garden just the day before, had frozen during the night into blade sticks. "It's something we always face," consoled an experienced Aspen gardener. "If you want to grow vegetables up here, you've got to use a few tricks." Protecting tender plants
At an elevation of nearly 8,000 feet, gardeners have at best a 60-day growing season, mid-June to mid-August--with even then the possibility of a few frosty nights. To raise vegetables here, gardeners must ...