Nov29
Cold Frame in a Hurry….. Winter Time Gardening
Although we have had temps drop below freezing already this Fall, we have not yet needed a full time or mostly full time cold frame. Broccoli, lettuce and cabbage are doing very well here thus far. I have tiny broccoli heads on my broccoli plants and am anticipating fresh home grown broccoli soon.
Today my husband and sons work on a more useful cold frame in preparation for the freezing weather this week.
Below is useful son #4 taking a break on his toolbox.
Scrap wood pieces from the house we are remodeling were used to build a rectangle frame that he will staple plastic to.
I have seen a variety of cold frames made from different items….old windows can be attached to wood frames with hinges with the ability to be propped open during nice winter weather and closed for freezing weather.
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sarah Dec 8th 2006 at 04:25 pm 1
That is an adorable picture of Patterson!
Birth Dynamics Blog » Blog Archive » Updates on a Winter Garden Feb 3rd 2007 at 11:46 pm 2
[…] Here is my one cabbage. In the fall, I planted lettuce around it. Now it is sitting under one of those plastic tubs acting as a cold frame. It allows the sun in, well that is if the sun ever comes out, and keeps the freezing temps from killing my plants. Here is what it looked like in the earlier months. […]