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, ...

Clasp two window-well covers together for an easy-to-assemble, inexpensive cold frame design. Utilize any of these eight cold frame plans this winter for building cold frames in your garden. Repurpose ...

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, ...

What are cold frames? Cover your garden beds with DIY cold frames to keep crops warm in winter, and learn how to use cold frames for early seed starting. Gardening guru Eliot Coleman asserts that “the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our growing season is short – so why not extend it with a cold frame? Cold frames act like mini greenhouses, protecting plants from frost, freezing temperatures and stormy weather. During the day, the ...

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 ...