For many gardeners, wintertime signals and end to the joys of gardening while the Earth recuperates under a layer of frost or snow. For the serious gardener, winter merely signals a change of location- indoors.

Indoor Gardening
Indoor gardening can take place in a traditional outdoor greenhouse, a window greenhouse, or in your basement. Greenhouses come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and materials…making greenhouses a good fit for nearly any space.  Read more...

Hothouse gardening uses basic scientific principals to produce spectacular results. Fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers grown in hothouses are every bit as large and healthy as those grown in a traditional garden, but they can be grown during colder months and survive fluctuating temperatures and water levels without difficulty.  Read more...

Uses for Portable Greenhouses
Well, it’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing, the nights are cooler, and the last of the summer’s produce is being stored for the winter. If you’re like me, you love to see the beautiful colors of fall, but hate to see the end of your garden. The good news is that with portable greenhouses, you can extend your gardening by a few extra weeks. That means you can harvest those last few tomatoes and bean, and you can even keep your lettuce going well after the first major frost!  Read more...

The gable-style greenhouse is a popular greenhouse design for many reasons. Here are the 4 top advantages to having a gable greenhouse.

1. Gable Greenhouses: Aesthetically Pleasing Designs
This architectural style often correlates with other Colonial style buildings on a property, providing a continuity of visual form that is pleasing to many greenhouse gardeners and homeowners. Such an attractive flow of design adds value to a property and is readily accepted by zoned communities and picky neighbors alike.  Read more...

Many home gardeners order a greenhouse kit from their local home improvement store, gardening store or an online outlet. They automatically assume a greenhouse kit will be an easy solution to their gardening needs. Thus, they await its arrival and carve out a few free hours for construction. While many greenhouse kits are easy to assemble, most require more than one person to be present during assembly and many of them come with detailed instructions. All in all, they can take much more than an hour to install properly. Use these tips when putting together a greenhouse kit for your garden.  Read more...

Millions of gardeners consider the winter months to be a quiet and desolate time in the greenhouse. However, there is no reason a great gardener shouldn’t enjoy the cold weather with winter crops. Even during the coldest months of the year, gardeners can plant winter crops to enjoy colorful and delicious plants. Depending on if you live in a harsh winter climate or not, you may even be able to grow a multitude of plants even without a heated greenhouse.  Read more...

Having a greenhouse means having a wonderfully maintained environment to keep your precious plants prospering all year-round, but you need effective greenhouse management to help make that happen. There is no reason that you have to limit gardening to the summer months. Greenhouses are designed to cultivate plants inside their own biosphere by harnessing the heat that is generated by the sun.  Read more...

When you think about greenhouse gardening, you probably think about the large commercial greenhouses that are owned by farmers, or perhaps by a nursery. You do not normally think about a small shed-like greenhouse. Investing thousands or even hundreds of dollars in a large greenhouse is not necessary to enjoy the benefits of greenhouse gardening. Surprisingly, you can get into greenhouse gardening right in your own back yard with a mini greenhouse.  Read more...

Greenhouse gardening can be one of the most enjoyable and exciting kinds of projects to start. A greenhouse offers you endless hours of opportunity to work with any number of types of plants. Whether you grow vegetables in your greenhouse to eat, or grow flowers to sell at the local market, greenhouse gardening is an activity that pays off in many ways. For many gardeners, greenhouse gardening begins with building the greenhouse.  Read more...

Glass greenhouses invoke images of quaint country gardens and elegant exotic growers in many people. For others, say the words “glass greenhouses” and they see a Victorian dream come true. Many greenhouse gardeners prefer the look or idea of a glass greenhouse over one constructed of other materials like corrugated polycarbonate or polyfilm. If you are debating on purchasing a glass greenhouse, consider the advantages and disadvantages of glass before you decide.  Read more...