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Building a garden cold frame – Step by step instructions

Rick — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 12:00:33 +0000

Building a garden cold frame is a great addition to your garden. Cold frames allow you to extend your garden season all the way through the winter! This article contains some affiliate links. Clicking on these links does not cost you anything and allows Stoney Acres to make a little commission through the Amazon Affiliate …

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Cold frame Management – Winter Gardening Series #8

Rick — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:00:17 +0000

Today we are going to cover cold frame management and hoop house management during the winter months. Cold Frame Management So let’s assume you have been on the ball and you got your winter crops in the ground in August and by the end of September you have a great stand of lettuce, and other …

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Cold Frame Construction – Winter Gardening Series #6

Rick — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:00:50 +0000

Cold Frame Construction can be as simple or complicated as you would like. Here at Stoney Acres, we have three cold frames. Each is 4 foot by 8 foot. The plan I used came from “Four Seasons Harvest” by Elliot Coleman. Although I did adapt the plans a little to my use and the tools …

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Year Round Gardening Series #4 – More cold frame crops

Rick — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 11:00:11 +0000

Continuing our discussion on cold frame crops from our last post in the Year-Round Gardening Series today we will talk more about what to grow in the winter garden. This post contains affiliate links, clicking on them will not cost you anything extra, but does allow Stoney Acres to make a small commission on your …

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Year Round Gardening Series #3 – Cold Frame Crops – Greens

Rick — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:00:46 +0000

In part three of our winter gardening series let’s talk about cold frame crops. The crops that I will talk about in this post and in post #4 of the series are what I consider the “base” crops to grow in your cold frames. There are actually close to 30 different crops, but the 8 …

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Learning how to grow Early Potatoes

Rick — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:00:22 +0000

A simple cold frame is all you need to to have early potatoes in the spring. You can plant early potatoes in mid-March and they will be ready in June. We are big “tater” eaters. Mashed, fried, boiled or baked; no matter how we cook’em we love potatoes!! But . . . Potatoes are on …

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Winter Garden Structures

Rick — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 16:52:09 +0000

Winter Garden Structures are an important part of season extension. This post will talk about 3 simple winter garden structures that will turn your garden into a 365-day-a-year growing machine! This post contains affiliate links, clicking on them with not cost you anything extra, but does allow Stoney Acres to make a small commission on …

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