Cold frame gardening is an easy DIY way to extend spring and fall harvests. Get setup tips, venting rules and the best cool-season crops to plant now.

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 ...

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 ...

Winter gardening can be a great way to keep growing fresh vegetables and herbs even as temperatures drop. A simple cold frame is a practical tool that helps protect your plants from frost and cold ...

Her cold frame does indeed have a lot of character, and its small footprint fits perfectly within the garden. Parsonage has several crops growing in the cold frame, including tomatoes, eggplant, seed ...

Our growing season is short – so why not extend it with a cold frame? Cold frames act like mini greenhouses, protecting plants from frost, freezing temperatures and stormy weather. During the day, the ...

Discover the best ways to utilize your all year cold frame to get the maximum benefit for your garden regardless of the season. Cold frames are wonderful places to produce transplants to set out in ...

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 ...

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, ...

Temperatures may plunge and snow may fall, but the flow of kale and collard greens from Todd Spitler’s backyard garden hasn’t slowed. What sorcery is this? It’s just the “magic” of a cold frame.

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 ...