How to build a cold frame.
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.
Other neat stuff to check out:
You want the formula for circumference – Pi*diameter.
1/2 *3.14 * 4 approx = 6 feet. You were lucky.
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.
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!
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!
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.