Cold Frames for Small Gardens: Extend Your Growing Season Without a Greenhouse
A cold frame is the cheapest, most space-savvy way to grow earlier, later and through winter. Here’s how this simple glazed box works and how to use one in a tiny garden.
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A cold frame is the cheapest, most space-savvy way to grow earlier, later and through winter. Here’s how this simple glazed box works and how to use one in a tiny garden.
Swiss chard is one of the easiest, most generous crops for a pot: it grows fast, shrugs off cold, and keeps cropping for months. Here is how to grow it in a small space.
Beetroot is one of the easiest, fastest root crops to grow in pots. Here is how to sow, space, water and harvest sweet, tender beets on a balcony, patio or sunny windowsill.
A heated propagator gives seeds the gentle bottom warmth they need to wake up weeks earlier. Here is how they work, who really benefits, and how to choose and use one in a small space.
A grow tent gives you a controlled, self-contained growing environment in a corner of a room. Here is how they work and how to choose the right size for a small space.
A beginner-friendly guide to growing radishes in containers: the best pots and soil, how to sow and thin, watering, and how to harvest crisp radishes in weeks.
Seed starting kits make growing from seed simple in any small space. Learn what to look for, which upgrades matter, and how to raise strong, healthy seedlings on a windowsill.
You do not need a veg plot to grow sweet, crunchy peas. Here is how to grow peas in containers on a patio or balcony, from sowing to a generous harvest.
A sunny windowsill is all you need to grow fresh herbs through every season. Here’s how to choose the right herbs, pots, light and watering routine for a thriving indoor herb garden.
You don’t need a vegetable plot to grow your own onions. Here’s how to grow a generous crop of onions in pots and containers — from sets to harvest — on any patio or balcony.