That's just awesome! I'm excited to build some of my own and give them a try next year.

That's exactly how I felt when reading other people's blogs about quick hoops last year.

what thickness of agribon are you using? I'm wondering what I should get her for Northern VA - 15 or 19.

Even though it sounds counterintuitive, Eliot Coleman's experience (and my more limited experience too) suggests that you want to use the lightest weight row cover fabric. Row covers work by trapping in heat, but that effect is counteracted if the fabric blocks winter sunlight. So, plants tend to freeze faster under heavier fabrics, unless you're someone who's willing to take the row covers off every morning and put them back on every night.

I used AG-19 on my hoops, but it looks like AG-15 is even lighter. I'm not positive whether AG-15 would be strong enough to keep from tearing in the garden, though. If you do try AG-15, I hope you'll report back!

Anna, can you please tell us what you've got growing there in the picture? Also, where do you get your seeds? Thank you.

The closest, dark green plant is a weed --- chickweed. The middle ground is Black-seeded Simpson Lettuce (from the local feed store), and the background is three kinds of kale (from three different online seed companies --- I'm experimenting with kale varieties this fall.)