A guide to 7 vegetables to plant in February in a cold frame or beneath cloches for the first homegrown harvests of the year, ...

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 ...

Carrots are among the best vegetables you can plant under cloches in February for early harvests. A little frost protection ...

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 ...

Cold frame gardening is an effective strategy to extend your growing season. Whether you want to protect your plants from fall frosts or seedlings from spring cold snaps, these boxes are easy and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The looming first fall frost doesn’t mean the end of the vegetable garden. With a little heat-trapping protection, it’s possible to keep growing cold-hardy crops such as carrots, parsnips, turnips, ...

January planting means you'll harvest fresh vegetables weeks or even months ahead of gardeners who wait until spring.

Some vegetables, like tomatoes and peppers, prefer climates with warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine. Others thrive in cold regions, which is great news if you're gardening in one of these ...

A fall vegetable garden offers a fresh start. Cool-season vegetables like leafy greens, root crops, broccoli and cabbage — commonly grown in spring — get a jumpstart when planted in the warm soils of ...