Lettuce and kale, living in the rowhouse. Looks like there's some slug or worm damage on the kale, but lettuce is going strong. Speaking of lettuce, we had our second harvest of the year from stuff planted last fall. Admittedly when I say "harvest" I'm talking about a few heads of Romaine, enough for two bowls of salad. And when I say "second" I also mean last, since that meant harvesting all of the remaining lettuce. So until these plants in the row house get bigger....
Speaking of row houses, supposedly ones like this are to keep the plants warm. I'm not sure how well the thin layer of fleece does that, and I also wonder how much sun it filters out (the kale look spindly). People tell me that in Oregon, the bigger benefit is that the covers keep rain off the soil, since soil saturation leads to moldy rotten seeds and plants, so things are nice and cozy and dry inside. I'm also hoping that covering the row reduces the number of slugs and other trouble makers.
I thought that it seemed overpriced to have to buy a miniature row house like the one on the left, especially when I already have a roll of fleece cloth. But having spent an hour today bending bamboo arcs and trying to affix the fleece such that it doesn't blow away I'm ready to declare the manufactured one a deal. After all, the pre-made one has metal support arcs that anchor well and are enclosed in pockets. It's so easy to set up, and isn't lopsided like the one I built. 
