- Cold frame: a box of wood or brick with a clear lid. It traps sun-heat to shelter seedlings. Face it south; vent on sunny days or plants cook.
- Cover at night: old cloth or sacking against foggy cold.
- Monsoon shelter: a clear polythene roof over seedlings protects against downpours — leave the sides open for air.
- Raise seedlings: start them in the frame or under the shelter and transplant later.
Extending the season: cold frames and rain shelters
Fog protection in winter and rain cover in monsoon stretch your growing time.
Related reading
From seedbed to transplant: the complete guide
Seedbed soil, sowing, germination times, hardening off and transplanting.
Three keys to a good garden: sun, shelter, water
How much sun crops need, shelter from wind, and a water plan.
Intercropping and succession planting
Get harvests all year from the same space.