The Winter Garden; Cloches, Mulch and Cold Frames for WarmthAdrienne Cook
(redirected from Coldframes)Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia. cold frame n. An unheated outdoor structure consisting of a wooden or concrete frame and a top of glass or clear plastic, used for protecting and acclimatizing seedlings and plants. American Heritage® Dictionary of the ...
Cold frames help to promote an early growing period. Regions that have late frosts have to delay planting much longer, which creates a much shorter growing season. But with cold frames, starts can begin much earlier without the need for a giant greenhouse. Transplants from a cold frame have ...
Build Cold Frames Extend your growing season by planting your fall vegetable garden incold frames. Cold frames are mini-greenhouses. Leave them open on hot days, and keep them closed on colder days. The ones pictured here are made from wood and glass, but you can build much cheaper and q...
Cold frames come in an array of sizes and shapes. Therefore, the type of farming you do will dictate whether you go for the smaller units with a hinged transparent top lid or the tunneled high structure types. However, the ideal size of a small unit cold frame is 3 feet by 6 feet wi...
1.Start by selecting a cover, since its size will often determine the dimensions of the frame. Good choices include an old window sash or storm window; if you don’t have one on hand, look for recycled windows at garage sales. You can also make a cover out of clear acrylic or fibergl...
After hardening them off for a couple weeks in our cold frames, we’re ready to take them out to the garden. For us, this means lots of careful labelling and mapping to keep all those varieties clearly separated! Step 1: We start by spreading hay thickly over the whole area where the...
I sowed the seeds in August. Watch: Lambs lettuce – hardy leaves for winter gardens Insulating your cold frame lid Some people build lids that you can attach to the frames. I think this is unnecessary though. I usually need to remove the entire lid to reach into my frame anyway. ...
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Massachusetts. Many of them were stored in a cold frame located behind my main greenhouse. To accommodate the remainder, the crew built a second cold frame using windows I already had - in fact, the window frames were already constructed with angled side panels, which were perfect for this...