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How to build an inexpensive cold frame to grow vegetables all winter long

There's something genuinely satisfying about heading out to the garden in January and coming back inside with a handful of ...
Southeast Missourian

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 temperatures will be nearing 60 degrees. This weather ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

Cold frames, hot beds extend growing season

Cold frames and hot beds are the gardener’s secret — a key to cheating Mother Nature by extending the growing season. Both structures can be used in early spring and late fall, when cold temperatures ...
LancasterOnline

Cold frames are an ancient technique to get more out of your garden when the chill arrives

Temperatures may plunge and snow may fall, but the flow of kale and collard greens from Todd Spitler’s backyard garden hasn’t slowed. What sorcery is this? It’s just the “magic” of a cold frame.
Columbus Dispatch

Gardening: Cold frames, hotbeds allow jump start for planting before spring arrives

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 ...
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If you want early crops, then sow these 7 vegetables under cold frames or cloches in February

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 ...