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

Cold-Frame, poly-tunnel, high- tunnel, low-tunnel, cold-frame greenhouse, high-hoop greenhouse, gutter-connected greenhouse. … Confused yet? These are all descriptions of growing structures that I ...

A greenhouse is a useful tool for any home gardener, allowing you to expand your growing season and keep tender seedlings and plants protected from cooler weather. And while a beautiful greenhouse can ...

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, ...

A greenhouse is no small investment so consider the following before jumping in: Purpose – How will you use a greenhouse? To start seeds and cuttings? Overwinter tropical plants? Extend the life of ...

The bales are also good for stacking into play forts, but this time of year, when nights are still cool and the vegetables of summer are calling to be planted, straw bales suffice as building material ...

Greenhouses are like little gardening havens, perfect for growing plants all year long—no matter what the weather’s doing outside. Whether you're hoping to extend your growing season or just want to ...

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 ...

Join The Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and Master Gardener Sharon Johnson for a workshop about the many seasonal uses of cold frames and greenhouses. Participants will learn an easy way to build a ...

This time of year, I'm getting ready for fall and winter, planting brassicas and garlic. But there’s a small piece of me that's trying to hold on for another tomato, another pepper, maybe one more ...