Cold frame gardening is an effective strategy to extend your growing season. Whether you want to protect your plants from fall frosts or seedlings from spring cold snaps, these boxes are easy and ...

Ever wish you could keep your garden going even when it gets chilly outside? A cold frame can help you do just that by giving your plants extra warmth and protection from frost. The best part is, you ...

Discover the different types of cold frames. These valuable tools extend the growing season and protect plants from frost.

As I am writing this, the ground is covered with snow. The most recent forecast I have heard indicates by the time this column is published, the temperatures will be nearing 60 degrees. This weather ...

Winter is a rough time for herbaceous plants. Most don’t have the tolerance for the extreme cold in upper North America, and many die back in late winter in the South. But if you have time, you can ...

As the days get shorter and frost starts sneaking in like an uninvited guest, many gardeners hang up their hats and call it a season. But wait! Cold frames-those magical mini-greenhouses hugging the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cold frames allow for the early planting of spring vegetables such as lettuce, radishes, carrots and cabbage by protecting them from frost and cold temperatures at the beginning of the season. You can ...

If you love gardening but hate the uncertainty that British weather often brings, a cold frame can be a real game-changer. This tall model from Christow offers extra height and space compared with ...