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cold frame gardening

Do Cold Frames Actually Work?

Do Cold Frames Actually Work?

The short answer is yes – but let me elaborate…. We built a cold frame in late 2018 to create a warmer micro-climate to grow early season tomatoes and eggplants with ease. You can see below how we built it here. Some of you have asked how it’s gone in its first season. Very good […]

Cold Frame Gardening

Cold Frame Gardening

Recently, we built a much anticipated, beautiful bit of infrastructure for our garden – a cold frame. This is a welcome addition to any cool temperate garden, where we’re all constantly working on creating warm microclimates to extend our season to get tomatoes earlier and longer, reliable eggplants and abundant basil. Cold frames can be […]