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 ...

Matt Moody and Paula Davidson's hoop house in Cabot, VT. Use our PVC hoop house plans with PDFs and step-by-step hoop house building plans to grow earlier in spring and extend gardening into winter.

That all changed when I finally understood that gardening isn’t just about the ‘growing season’—it’s about creating your own. Building my first, super-simple cold frame was the turning point. It ...

Spring fever comes early for me…as soon as those seed orders are placed, I’m ready to get my hands in the dirt. By using cold frames and hoop houses, I can do that earlier in the growing season. Cold ...

When cooler temperatures threaten to stunt or halt your garden veggie production, there are a few simple structures that, constructed over garden beds, can extend the growing season. Cold frames and ...