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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s strange how the human brain carries images from long ago in a most satisfactory way. In December, last year, I observed Violets in the garden being grazed of their foliage, this is not a new ...

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 ...

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 ...