Cold frame for raised beds

The month of October was swallowed whole by family matters. First my father-in-law passed away and then seventeen days later my mother-in-law slipped quietly away in her sleep. They were always good to me... to us all and I find myself tearing up just typing these words. For me, one of the ways grief expressed itself was a terrible tiredness that made me want to avoid anything routine; including the computer, the internet and blogging. It has been weeks since I posted anything. Slowly…

This winter I had some scrap wood left over from a basement finishing project so decided to attempt to build some cold frames to extend my garden season on two of the four beds. The process simply…

Garden year-round with a homemade cold frame! Here are frugal ways to build a cold frame and extend your gardening time and produce more food.

This post looks at the benefits of a cold frame and shows you our clever design for transforming a raised bed into a cold frame in mere minutes. I first beca…

To convert summer beds to winter gardens, you can make an easy cold frame for raised beds you already have in the yard. Click for more.

Learn everything you need to know about a cold frame! A cold frame allows you to plant earlier and grow cold hardy crops like lettuce and roots!

Cold frames are essential for every gardener's toolkit. Used during the growing season to help seedlings germinate and flourish, they're frame structures

Prolong your harvesting season by adding an easy-to-build garden cold box on top of your raised bed. This DIY cold frame will take 2 hours from start to finish and is well worth the effort!

DIY cold weather protection for your garden in early spring and winter. Learn about cold frames, greenhouses, and other products; plus frost protection tips.