Winter gardening sounds like a daredevil sport. Frost nipping at your nose, icy winds trying to sabotage your seedlings, and yet, some plants thrive while you’re bundled in three layers of clothing.

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PaulMaguire / Getty Images Gardening is a passion, and if there is a way we can extend the time we have to pursue that passion, ...

Fall frosts don’t have to end your salad season. With the right cold frame, you can extend lettuce production well into winter. Cold frames act like mini greenhouses, trapping daytime warmth and ...

Just because the cold season is coming, it doesn’t mean that you should say goodbye to your garden immediately. With the help of raised beds and cold frames, it makes it easier for you to stretch your ...

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 ...

Cold frames give gardeners a jump-start on planting As I am writing this, the ground is covered with snow. The most recent forecast I have heard indicates by the time this column is published, the ...

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 ...

Paul Carl used an old dog house, some scrap lumber, recycled nails and an old storm window to create this cold frame at his South China home. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Carl When you garden in a place ...

Last weekend, my husband and I built a cold frame. George calls it Natalie’s clubhouse. It’s not fancy, but it has its advantages.