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 ...

Hold off on chucking out that busted old lampshade; it could end up saving your plant's life and extending its growing season. According to Australian TikToker, GG The Gardening Girl old lampshades ...

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 ...

Extending the season is a good way to maximize the harvests you get from your garden. In my last column, I discussed sowing seeds indoors in winter. But not all vegetable plants need to be started ...

Don't be lulled into a false sense of security - Jack Frost is never far away in early spring and can wreak havoc on young plants. It's better to be safe than to be sorry - consigning tender young ...

As you can imagine, I visit all manner of gardens wherever I go. I learn a lot from others’ efforts; gardeners are always friendly, and you can learn much about an area from its gardens. So it was on ...