In the middle of winter, the selection of “fresh” vegetables can be quite meager. Sure, the produce on the store’s shelves could be considered fresh, but it’s highly unlikely it was harvested from ...

Believe it or not, but you can plant vegetables, like carrots and potatoes, in the depths of winter. Here's how to get a head ...

Extend the growing season and harvest fresh vegetables in winter with these cold-hardy crops. Tomatoes, melons, and cucumbers are the stars of summer veggie gardens, but they die back as soon as the ...

Discover our picks for seven vegetables to plant in January, including crops suitable for gardeners in any climate this month ...

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 ...

Cold frame gardening is an effective strategy to extend your growing season. Whether you want to protect your plants from ...

January feels like the dead of winter, but it’s actually a really useful “head start” month. You’re not filling beds yet, you’re setting things up so that when spring does arrive, you’re weeks ahead ...

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 ...

Cold frames are typically constructed out of wood, but do not use wood that has been treated with creosote or pentachlorophenol because fumes from these products will accumulate in your cold frame 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.

Extend your edible harvests by planting fast-growing and cold-hardy vegetables right now. Qwart / Getty Images It may feel like the garden is winding down as summer days grow shorter, but it doesn’t ...

Depending on your specific needs, it's possible to create an engaging, manageable, and successful garden experience for ...