Starting vegetables in a cold frame or under a cloche is a proven way to enjoy earlier homegrown harvests. There are great candidates for this, including peas, beans, lettuce, carrots, spinach, and ...

It can be hard to successfully grow plants and vegetables in many parts of the country around this time of year as temperatures remain low. While there are plants you can sow in the ground now that ...

Ever wish you could keep your garden going even when it gets chilly outside? A cold frame can help you do just that by giving your plants extra warmth and protection from frost. The best part is, you ...

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 ...

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.

As soon as the days get longer and the slightest bit of green reappears on the trees, I enter my gardening era. I’m not ...

February has arrived and as a vegetable gardener, you are likely ordering seeds and making plans for your garden for the coming growing season. One factor to consider when planning your vegetable ...

Plant-filled trucks are pulling into garden centers, and catalog companies have begun shipping their bare-root plants. It seems the 2026 planting season has arrived … or has it? Just because the ...