Cold frames are an ingenious way to shield plants from cold weather while creating the perfect microclimate for growth. Building your own cold frame from recycled materials is an eco-conscious, ...

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When cooler temperatures threaten to stunt or halt your garden veggie production, there are a few simple structures that, constructed over garden beds, can extend the growing season. Cold frames and ...

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 ...

Is your lettuce lagging? Your spring greens tired of cold, gray days? You can make a self-heating “hot box” in your garden using a cold frame, fresh horse manure and some hard work. Lots of hard work, ...

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, ...

Extend your Iowa growing season by weeks with a cold frame. A cold frame is basically just a miniature greenhouse. And like a greenhouse, a cold frame can extend your growing season. A greenhouse, if ...

A cold frame is one of the most invaluable things a gardener can own during the winter. It offers a safe place for tender plants to overwinter, provides a growing environment to start seeds where ...