These Amazon strawberry plant cloches provide a physical barrier to stop birds eating your soft fruits. You can create a ...

Don't be lulled into a false sense of security - Jack Frost is never far away in early spring and can wreak havoc on young plants. It's better to be safe than to be sorry - consigning tender young ...

A group of four glass garden cloches cover individual lettuce plants in a garden bed - M G White/Shutterstock The classic glass garden cloche has been both an ornamental and practical garden staple ...

Extending the season is a good way to maximize the harvests you get from your garden. In my last column, I discussed sowing seeds indoors in winter. But not all vegetable plants need to be started ...

One harvest, two harvests, three harvests, four …. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to grow fresh fruits, flowers, and vegetables for your table all year round? Unfortunately, for most of us the ...

Keeping plants warm means success for the winter or early-spring gardener. For John de Wit, the secret to doing that is cloches — covers for protecting or forcing outdoor plants. De Wit, 53, lives on ...

Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. A garden cloche is a simple structure that acts like a miniature ...