The 12-month Gardener: Simple Strategies for Extending Your Growing Season (Paperback)

Continue gardening beyond the warm-weather months in spite of frosts that normally kill half the plants in a typical summer garden! Extend your season with a variety of simple structures that will protect what you grow: - fabrics - cloches - tunnels - cold frames - greenhouses - Each offers its own advantages when used by itself or in combination with the others: e.g, protecting spring plants from the last frosts, or cold-hardy species from wilting sunshine. * Varied: many different projects to suit your garden and plants, your available time and budget. * Simple: you don't have to be an expert carpenter to get started: these seasonal extension devices are easy to erect and maintain.