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 ...

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 ...

Hardy vegetables like kale, cabbage, chard, lettuce, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, turnips, parsnips, and beets will over-winter well, and you’d likely also have a fair bit of luck with herbs such as ...

In the early 1900s, the French sheltered burgeoning flora from wintry frost with glass cloches. Nearly a century after their creation, these domed beauties continue to be useful in the garden but have ...

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 ...

Garden cloches have been used for centuries to keep plants warm in cold weather. Instead of buying a garden cloche, you can make your own from old plastic milk jugs. Before installing a cloche, clear ...

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, ...

As the sun drops, grab some frost cloths or old bed sheets to cover your plants. This simple step traps warmth from the soil ...