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 ...

A cold frame creates a small, protected environment that traps sunlight and warmth, allowing your plants to thrive in colder months. It’s easy to build using basic materials and can fit neatly into ...

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 ...

What Is a Cold Frame? Are Cold Frames Worth the Investment? Cold Frame Height Requirements What to Plant in a Cold Frame Gardening, our favorite horticultural pastime ...

Cold frames and hot beds are the gardener’s secret — a key to cheating Mother Nature by extending the growing season. Both structures can be used in early spring and late fall, when cold temperatures ...

What a lovely spring in the Rockies we’re having. One day it’s gorgeous sun and 70 degrees; the next day it snows and rains. But it’s fine weather for garden projects, like building cold frames to get ...

With subfreezing temperatures and snow-covered soil, the gift of green emerging from the ground can seem miraculous. Just like in summer, when your own sun-warmed tomatoes seem far superior than ...

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 ...

Utilizing cold frames in early spring is a great way to jumpstart the vegetable growing season. Cold frames are wood boxes with slanted, transparent, glass or plastic tops placed directly on top of ...

Question: I would like to continue growing some vegetables over the winter, and I am hoping I can start my seeds earlier in the spring. How can I construct a simple cold frame and maximize its use ...

How should I monitor my garden cold frame on warm days to ensure I’m not frying my plants? Do I need to check the temperature every hour? No, not every hour, but you’re right to err on the side of ...

Getting a head start makes a big difference in cold weather gardening. Start seeds indoors before the last frost so your ...