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How to build a cold frame.

Posted by Eric Gunnar Rochow on Oct 22nd, 2006 and filed under DIY TV, Gardening TV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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We’ve already had 2 frosts here, and I wanted to continue the salad green season. In this episode we build a cold frame out of easily found materials.

The vent I use on one end of the cold frame is available from Charlie’s Greenhouse, I’ve also seen them in the big home improvement stores, they are used to vent crawlspaces.

You can see some plans for our hoop house cold frame here

Sheperd Ogden has a good book: Four-Season Harvest, that goes into great detail about growing thru the winter, he should know, he lives in Vermont.

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5 Responses for “How to build a cold frame.”

  1. nancy says:

    You want the formula for circumference – Pi*diameter.

    1/2 *3.14 * 4 approx = 6 feet. You were lucky.

  2. Eric Gunnar Rochow says:

    yes, i know. i just wanted to out all the math geeks who watch. i’m re-editing a bunch of the old shows and will fix this. thanks for watching.

  3. Brenda says:

    Ah, don’t fix anything, it’s fun just the way it is, makes me smile ;o) Great tips and love the ball-hungry furry friends too! Thanks!

  4. Alice says:

    Ok! ya’ll are a really cute team! really enjoyed the tips. I’m glad you have the bloopers.
    It shows that your human and great sense of humor.The camera Girl is very witty!

  5. Chris says:

    Dang, nancy beat me to it. 2*Pi*r is your formula. Luckiness with low numbers. What the heck…you’ve inspired me with your reckless attempts to do cool stuff.

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