A Cold Frame to Keep Your Plants Warm
Unfortunately, a personal greenhouse remains an unattainable dream for most people, as they are expensive to build and maintain, andContinue Reading
Category: Greenhouse
Understanding and Using the Greenhouse Effect
Humans like to observe nature and try to reproduce it to their advantage. I could give hundreds of examples inContinue Reading
40 years of Garden Writting: My First Article… Ever
The article below is truly a blast from the past! It’s the very first plant article I ever wrote. ItContinue Reading
Desperate to Grow Citrus? Try Trenching!
Russians developed trenching techniques to grow citrus well beyond its normal range. Photo: lowtechmagazine.com In a logical world, you’d growContinue Reading
Venting a Cold Frame Automatically
Normally, you open the window covering of a cold frame yourself on hot days to provide ventilation and prevent overheating.Continue Reading
Winter Use for Glass Cloches
Glass cloches as they were originally used: as season-extenders for the garden. Photo: www.haxnicks.co.uk Cloches got their name because theContinue Reading
Speedier Veggies With Black Plastic Mulch
Gardeners in cooler climates are faced with the same dilemma almost every spring. The nights remain cool and the soilContinue Reading
Greenhouse Therapy Beats Winter Blues
Allen Gardens Conservatory during the Christmas season. Source: torontobotanicalgarden.ca When snow starts to pile up and you can’t step outsideContinue Reading
The View From My Armchair
Winter? What winter? Above is what I see from my living room when I’m comfortably stretched out on my recliner.Continue Reading
Love Match for a Lonely Sausage Tree
The sausage tree (Kigelia africana) is a large tree of the Bignonia family (Bignoniaceae). Found throughout much of Africa south ofContinue Reading