Just like children, the main desire for plants is simply to grow. And if conditions are right, they will grow, whether we want them to or not. In most cases, we do and this is how I felt about my little greenhouse raised bed garden that I had so much success with last year. It was late last spring that I asked my husband to build me a small raised bed along one wall inside our little, backyard greenhouse. The greenhouse, constructed from a kit a few years ago, is heated, but we seldom turn it on. There really is no need because if you plan it right, you can grow vegetables through most of the season, even in winter, inside an unheated structure, as long as you have the proper cover. I’ve mentioned before that when you cover a garden bed with plastic or even something as porous as floating row cover, you can stretch the growing season a couple weeks and up to a month. And when you add a second cover, you can stretch the season even longer.