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 ...

To continue growing fresh lettuce and cooking greens throughout the colder months ahead, gardening with a cold frame might be just the ticket. Essentially a low-lying, bottomless box with a ...

The first frost doesn’t have to be the final curtain for your garden. Imagine pulling crisp spinach and snappy carrots in December, or harvesting fresh kale in January while your neighbor’s plot ...

Note: this post orginally appeared in December of 2010. It was the first missive from Beth Gellman, AKA The Garden Coach, who still blogs for us. She’ll have a new post next week. In the meanttime, ...

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 ...

Take cover: this is a Victorian-style cloche, but a plastic water bottle will do just as well THERE are ways to keep young plants warm and dry that do not involve the use of greenhouses. Cold frames, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lidl's £20 Parkside Cold Frame is perfect for hardening off plants this spring and it's great for growing your own veg too.

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