It’s April 3 (not really, but let’s pretend) and the temperature still drops below 32 degrees at night, but I’m already eating lettuce. The secret is combining winter sown lettuce in a cold frame or hoop house. Want to know how I’m doing it?
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Hoop House Kits
Read this comparison of three hoop house kits from leading online greenhouse vendors … including the one I purchased and have been using for three years.
Nine Ideas for Zero Waste Gardening
Zero waste gardening is maybe the very best way to reduce, reuse and recycle. Here are nine eco-friendly and zero waste gardening ideas to “green” your fruit and vegetable garden and save money in the process.
Book Review: Eliot Coleman’s Four-Season Harvest
Celebrated small-scale farmer Eliot Coleman shares secrets for easy year round gardening where the winters are cold. Coleman shares his tricks for extending the gardening season without artificial heat. READ BOOK REVIEW >>
Book Review: Winter Harvest Handbook
This is the king of books on year-round vegetable growing using unheated, season-extending hoop houses and cold frames. No one is more thorough than Eliot Coleman when it comes to the details of extending the growing season. READ BOOK REVIEW >>