What are cold frames? Cover your garden beds with DIY cold frames to keep crops warm in winter, and learn how to use cold frames for early seed starting. Gardening guru Eliot Coleman asserts that “the ...

If self-sufficiency is one of your goals and gardening is one of your passions, building a cold frame is a great way to take a step forward in both areas. Learn how to make a simple cold frame DIY ...

Cold frames are an ingenious way to shield plants from cold weather while creating the perfect microclimate for growth. Building your own cold frame from recycled materials is an eco-conscious, ...

A super simple, AFFORDABLE way to start your garden early! The frost's keep coming here in Tennessee and usually that means the gardening has to wait. So this year instead of waiting for the garden ...

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In Tasmania, the growing season is quite short so gardeners do what they can to extend it if they want to grow warm-weather crops such as tomatoes, chillies and eggplants. Hannah has built a snug ...

A greenhouse is a useful tool for any home gardener, allowing you to expand your growing season and keep tender seedlings and plants protected from cooler weather. And while a beautiful greenhouse can ...

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, ...

When cooler temperatures threaten to stunt or halt your garden veggie production, there are a few simple structures that, constructed over garden beds, can extend the growing season. Cold frames and ...

Though I never claim to be a gardening expert, my passion for gardening increases year after year, and I find that I am eager to try new things. Well, new to me. Garden structures such as cold frames ...

No solar panels, no electric lines, no kerosene heaters? No problem. With a low-tech cold frame, you need none of those conveniences to grow veggies all winter long — even here in Ohio. A cold frame ...