If you're short on space but keen to grow your own salads and vegetables, then a cold frame is the space-saving solution for you. These compact structures play the role of mini greenhouses, usually ...

Gardening guru Eliot Coleman asserts that “the basic cold frame is the most dependable, least exploited aid for the four-season harvest.” We couldn’t agree more. Last winter, my humble box built of ...

Just because the cold season is coming, it doesn’t mean that you should say goodbye to your garden immediately. With the help of raised beds and cold frames, it makes it easier for you to stretch your ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Building a cold frame or hot bed enables urban gardeners and small scale vegetable growers to protect young plants from adverse weather in spring and fall, extending their growing season. They are ...

It's late winter and it’s the time of year when gardeners want to start planting something. Anything! Although vegetable and flower seeds can be started indoors, that process requires a fair amount of ...

Gardening is a passion, and if there is a way we can extend the time we have to pursue that passion, then we would be thrilled. Luckily, there is a way to accomplish all of this and more. You can ...

However, you can still grow in a greenhouse. February is the perfect time to get started on late spring transplants, and it’s also a good time to grow quick-maturing crops for the early spring market.

In the middle of winter, the selection of “fresh” vegetables can be quite meager. Sure, the produce on the store’s shelves could be considered fresh, but it’s highly unlikely it was harvested from ...

The desire to extend the growing season and cultivate fresh produce almost year-round is a common aspiration. Thoughts like these are all too common for gardeners as they wait impatiently for ...