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    Building a cold frame

    Looking for some advice regarding a cold frame I am going to build.

    In the interests of environmental friendliness, I am looking at a wee project in the next week or so, rather than buying a cold frame, I am going to try making it myself. I do need to point out that I am not great at DIY, but am still capable of putting a few screws in...

    A friend has given me the plastic from her polytunnel which split last year under weight of snow and I have obtained the wood from 3 wooden pallets.

    I presume posters here will have tried something similar and was looking to see if I could be cheeky and ask for advice on how best to make this.

    I was thinking it would be about a metre square and about 600mm high (give or take)

    Thanks in advance
    Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?
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    Here's a couple of links I've bookmarked for when I build my cold frame :-

    Hines Farm Blog: Mar 14, 2010

    How to make a cold frame - Dawn Isaac

    this ones handy because you can dismantle and put it away :-

    GardenDesk: Step by Step How to build a Cold Frame
    Location....East Midlands.

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    • #3
      Thank you!
      Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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      • #4
        The one on the Garden Desk link looks just like what I have in mind
        Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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        • #5
          There's one in this month's magazine. (March)

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          • #6
            If you have a window company nearby, you could maybe cadge a couple off them, they will let in more light & less likely to blow off.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by out in the cold View Post
              The one on the Garden Desk link looks just like what I have in mind
              That's the one I'm plaining on making I don't have a lot of growing space so I can dismantle it and keep it behind the garage when its not needed.
              Location....East Midlands.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                That's the one I'm plaining on making I don't have a lot of growing space so I can dismantle it and keep it behind the garage when its not needed.
                This is kinda what appeals to me too
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                • #9
                  OH has just made me one out of pallets and a recycled shower screen .....but it works better on its side , sort of a unblowaway type thingy.......
                  Last edited by binley100; 09-02-2013, 06:02 PM.
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                  • #10
                    I need a cold frame myself. Who wants to come and build me one??

                    I provide tea, biscuits and cat company.
                    Last edited by sammy_roser; 10-02-2013, 02:16 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Started building it today using wood from pallets
                      Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by out in the cold View Post
                        Started building it today using wood from pallets
                        Don't forget to take a photo you know we're a nosy lot
                        Location....East Midlands.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Bren In Pots View Post
                          Don't forget to take a photo you know we're a nosy lot
                          Photos will be taken and posted (once I fugure out how)
                          Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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                            Meant to say, it is around 2m long and around 800mm deep.

                            Fairly big, but given the need for boosting sunlight and frost protection of young plants you have here, I think we are gonna have to fit quite a lot in it
                            Quanti canicula ille in fenestra ?

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                            • #15
                              Can a blowaway greenhouse be used as a coldframe?

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