Stepping outside on a frosty morning feels like bending the rules of nature—like you’ve somehow slipped yourself into an exclusive year-round gardener’s club. While everyone else is mourning the end ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

Now that the weather has finally started to warm up, we are all anxious to get gardening! The temptation is always there to start digging before the ground is really dry enough, or to pop in a few ...

Starting vegetables in a cold frame or under a cloche is a proven way to enjoy earlier homegrown harvests. There are great candidates for this, including peas, beans, lettuce, carrots, spinach, and ...