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

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, ...

Gardening enthusiasts know that a single frost can ruin weeks of careful planning, leaving tender seedlings trembling in the ...

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 winter approaches, frost becomes an issue for late-harvest plants, or those you're nursing into spring. Cold frames and ...

Here we are in October. How did that happen? Wasn’t it just a few days ago we were melting in the heat? This is the time of year gardeners start thinking about that first freeze of the fall season.