Winter and Cold Climate Gardening

Building and Using Cold Frames

by Charles Siegchrist
Part of the Storey Country Wisdom series. Cold frames collect and concentrate the heat of the sun and act as miniature greenhouses. They're incredibly useful for starting seeds early, hardening off delicate transplants, and growing crops throughout the cold season. This handy little booklet looks at all aspects of cold frames in easy-tuo-understand language: Where to position one, how to build one from scratch, how to hook one up with electric heating, and how to use one throughout the various seasons to its best advantage.
32 pages.

Four Season Harvest

by Eliot Coleman.
In this revised edition of his classic book, Eliot Coleman's winter gardening concept is described in more detail. He writes from the perspective of a market grower in Maine whose season begins as other growers finish theirs. In that harsh winter climate, an early start and a long harvest are possible using cold frames and poly tunnels. Foreword by Barbara Damrosch. 234 pages.

How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel

By Mark Gatter and Andy McKee
A follow-up to The Polytunnel Handbook, this new volume focuses on growing food at any time of the year by focusing on the right crop at the right time. This is an essential reference for planning, sowing, harvesting, from month to month around the calendar year. The writing is very clear and thoughtful, and you can sense the authors' enthusiasm for the polytunnel as a revolution in home and farm food production. Includes colour and black & white illustrations, and diagrams. 192 pages.

How to Grow Winter Vegetables

by Charles Dowding
shows that it is possible to enjoy an abundance of vegetables at the darkest time of year, whether stored or ready for harvesting when needed. It also covers growing for the ‘hungry gap’ from April to early June. Not much grows in winter, but a well-organised plot may nonetheless be quite full. You need to plan carefully, and well ahead, sowing and planting at specific times through the year, so the main part of the book is an extensive month-by-month sowing, planting and growing calendar. Further sections cover harvesting, from garlic in July right through to the last of the overwintered greens in May, and storing your produce. Many salads can be grown in winter, especially with a little protection from fleece, cloches or larger structures. The book includes a whole section on frost-hardy salad plants, explaining how to ensure harvests of fresh leaves throughout winter. The beauty of winter and its produce is captured in glorious photographs from the author’s garden.
17x24cm, 232 pages.

The Winter Harvest Handbook

By Eliot Coleman
Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.

Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Coleman’s own farm.

His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.

A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it "just can’t be done." 247 pages.

Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest

By Binda Colebrook
Now in its 5th edition, this is the definitive winter harvest guide for Pacific Northwest gardeners. Binda's book has been around for 35 years now, and has inspired generations of gardeners. From plentiful salad greens to luscious leeks and crunchy cabbages, Colebrook shares the crops and techniques that will help you put fresh, organic, homegrown produce on your table every month of the year. Completely revised and updated, with a new comprehensive monthly planting almanac.
6x9", 186 pages.

Year On The Garden Path A 52 Week Organic Gardening Guide

by Carolyn Herrlot
This is a wonderful weekly reference for people new to organic gardening in this climate. You will learn to integrate food plants and the ornamental landscape. Helpful tips, recipes, and illustrations cover everything from soil building to pruning to year round. This book makes a great gift for new gardeners. 169 page.

Year Round Harvest Winter Gardening on the Coast

by Linda Gilkeson
Second Edition! Packed with tips on how to keep fresh food on the table all year, this helpful resource for the gardener that doesn't want to stop in the winter includes detailed information on over 20 kinds of winter hardy vegetables, what to grow, when to plant and simple cold protection methods. Chapters cover curing and storing fresh fruit and vegetables, managing common pests (organically), saving seeds, and more. This short book belongs in the libraries of all Coastal gardeners. 68 pages.