Plastic Row covers, the jury's out

I am so not lovin' the plastic row covers. First problem, do I call them row covers, hoop houses, cold frames, WTH. I have already planted under each of them, so as Tim Gunn would say, "Make it Work". I need to trim all bamboo ends because they are too long. Then I need to fix the ends to be more flexible and workable than they are now. Hopefully I will be posting a follow up success story, soon.