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 ...
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 ...
Believe it or not, but you can plant vegetables, like carrots and potatoes, in the depths of winter. Here's how to get a head ...
Think it's too early to plant veggies? January is actually the ideal time to get many crops started, whether they're planted ...
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 ...
Fall is a fantastic time for gardening, but those cooler temperatures can sometimes feel like they’re putting a pause on all the fun! That's where a cold frame comes in handy - it's one of my favorite ...
Cold frame gardening is an effective strategy to extend your growing season. Whether you want to protect your plants from ...
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, ...
Here we are in October. How did that happen? Wasn’t it just a few days ago we were melting in the heat? This is the time of year gardeners start thinking about that first freeze of the fall season.
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 ...