One harvest, two harvests, three harvests, four …. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to grow fresh fruits, flowers, and vegetables for your table all year round? Unfortunately, for most of us the ...

Extending the season is a good way to maximize the harvests you get from your garden. In my last column, I discussed sowing seeds indoors in winter. But not all vegetable plants need to be started ...

Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. A garden cloche is a simple structure that acts like a miniature ...

One of my favorite ways to extend the garden season is to use garden cloches. They look beautiful and elegant, and they can help you to extend the gardening season to as late as December. Cloches are ...

Take cover: this is a Victorian-style cloche, but a plastic water bottle will do just as well THERE are ways to keep young plants warm and dry that do not involve the use of greenhouses. Cold frames, ...

My grandmother always used to call me a giddy kipper. Chronically impatient, I’d rush at everything, a symptom perhaps of being excited about what’s coming next. At this time of year, the anticipation ...

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 ...