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, ...

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, ...

You can make a DIY cold frame by stacking bricks against the south-facing wall of your home and covering the new garden bed with glass. I wanted a cold frame in my tiny Zone 5 garden, but I lacked the ...

Martha and Richard’s ingenious roll-top design allows them to easily cover or uncover their plants, depending on the weather. I’ve been farming my whole life. When I met my friend Richard about four ...

Learn a simple and affordable method to start your garden early using cold frames. Cold frames function as mini greenhouses for your garden beds, helping to warm up the soil and allow for a head start ...

An outdoor cold frame might just be the solution to my quandary, though. A local gardener and a little bit of research have given me ideas for making a simple DIY cold frame, which will give early ...

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 ...

In Tasmania, the growing season is quite short so gardeners do what they can to extend it if they want to grow warm-weather crops such as tomatoes, chillies and eggplants. Hannah has built a snug ...

Snow does not care how charming a backyard project looks on social media. It stacks up, it weighs a shocking amount, and it crushes anything that cannot carry the load. Across colder regions, flimsy ...