Season Extension and the Home Greenhouse: Growing Earlier, Later, Through Winter

Extend your season. Grow more. Waste less. Season Extension and the Home Greenhouse is a practical beginner's guide to growing earlier in spring, later in fall, and through more of the winter using simple, affordable structures and techniques. Written for home gardeners and small homesteaders, it explains what row covers, cold frames, low tunnels, hoop houses, and greenhouses can realistically do - and what they cannot do. Inside, you'll learn how frost protection works, why daylight matters, how to plan backward from your own frost dates, how to choose the right protection for each crop, and how to manage ventilation, snow, wind, thermal mass, and winter watering. The book includes practical cost ranges, build sizes, crop choices, planting timelines, and a year-round rhythm for making one bed more productive before you spend money on bigger structures. Start with the cheapest tools, record what happens on your own property, and build a longer growing year one layer at a time.