The bales are also good for stacking into play forts, but this time of year, when nights are still cool and the vegetables of summer are calling to be planted, straw bales suffice as building material ...

To build a straw cold frame, use six to eight bales to form the walls leaving an open center. Use more or fewer bales depending on how many plants or trays you want to fit inside of the frame.

Cold frame gardening is an easy DIY way to extend spring and fall harvests. Get setup tips, venting rules and the best cool-season crops to plant now.

It's late winter and it’s the time of year when gardeners want to start planting something. Anything! Although vegetable and flower seeds can be started indoors, that process requires a fair amount of ...

Turn those straw bales from your fall decor into a budget-friendly raised garden bed with this simple method. Straw bale gardens work well for veggies, herbs, and flowers but not perennials or larger ...

Cold frames are among the most useful of all garden structures, according to Saturday Early Show Gardening Contributor Georgia Raimondi. A cold frame is simply a miniature greenhouse -- a bottomless ...