12 Getting Ready for Vegetables Floating row-covers help Spring Crops weather the season and helps keep insects away. So far just lettuces and herbs. Where we want to plant the potatoes. One of the Strawberry beds, next to where the tomatoes want to go. The central herb bed with Sorrel, Mint, Oregano. . .and weeds. Unfortunately we put this pot of Lemongrass out on a sunny day, just a bit too early. It didn't survive a sudden overnight cold snap later in the week. Looks pretty good with out weeds.