We've been meaning to build a large cold frame for several weeks now. Sometimes when you own your own business and try to do everything you can for yourself with your own hands time is more valuable than money and not something we have a lot of.
My Kale, Radishes, Swiss Chard and lettuce greens are remarkably still holding on despite their lack of shelter and the cold weather we've been having. The cold frame will protect them for a little bit longer but it's mostly being built so it will be ready in March for planting onions, greens, radishes and any other delicious veg that can handle the cooler temperatures.
What's a cold frame?
ReplyDeleteIt's just a little enclosed box with a glass top for prolonging gardening time. The glass top faces south and heats during the day providing enough warmth for veggies to grow in decreased heat and light due to shorter, colder days. You close the top in the late afternoon and it protects the plants from frost damage and cool temperatures at night. The picture on the front of the book is of a cold frame, the one we are building will look like that.
ReplyDeleteAm enjoying reading your old posts. I used the Storey book as reference too..and also asked Niki Jabbour lots of questions (as she is published by Storey). It was the angle of the lights that had me questioning...went with Eliot Coleman's advice on that, in the end.
ReplyDeleteYour noodle post today, has me craving Thai!