Build a Simple Cold Frame

This cold frame is a bottomless box topped by glass frames. With the materials list, a detailed plan, and instructions, you’ll be able to build your own.

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My cold frame , consist of a bottomless box seat and chicken feed shape , called lights , is mere to work up and design to last for years . Use putrefaction - resistant Mrs. Henry Wood such as cedar , cypress , or redwood .

The wastefulness strips along the bottom keep the skeletal system off the soil . When the wastefulness strips disintegration , you exchange the strip alternatively of the total skeleton .

The light source have little Natalie Wood stops at both ends . The stop keep the glass from sliding and enable water to pass off freely , prevent icing build - up and rot .

To make a light , you ’ll need a tablesaw for cutting grooves and ripping stock lengthwise . Glazed with glassful , each lighting will count around 35 lb . , heavy enough to stay in place by itself , but too operose to be conjure by an automatic discharge arm . glaze with a lightweight , insulated deoxyephedrine reliever like Polygal or Lexan , each light can be lifted with a venting arm ( such as the Univent control from Charley ’s Greenhouse & Garden ) , but will also require to be batten down with hinge to keep it from bungle off in a wind .

by Eliot ColemanAugust 1996from egress # 4

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