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Got time to make a cold frame?

H guide on how to make a cold frame. It show s the cover of the pdf download and a sketch of the cold frame in parts

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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A week of cold frame action – here’s a recap

H guide on how to make a cold frame. It show s the cover of the pdf download and a sketch of the cold frame in parts

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

Are you part Alpine?

This cartoon talka bout using a cold frame in the winter months to protect alpines from the cold and wet, damp soil. Two worms are in a muddy waterlogged border, in the background there is a cold frame. One worm says to the other, " Alpine can cope th the cold, they hate damp soil." The other worm says, "I must be part Alpine."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

Sing it, “Summertime, and the propagating is easy …”

A cartoon to say that you can use a cold frame for summertime propagation, taking cuttings and growing them in the cold frame. In this cartoon two worms are in the cold frame, one says, " Let's take semi-ripe cuttings of all your favourite plants." The other says, "we're going to need a bigger cold frame!"

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

They’re a pair of April fools …

Cartoon about cold frames being used after the spring hardening off period, and used in the summer on other tender crops to help increase yields. Two worms are looking at a cold frame with some crops in it. One worm says, " Do they get chilly then?" The other worm, misunderstanding the question, says" Yes, Aubergines and tomatoes, too."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

When is it safe to plant out your tender young plants?

Cartoon about planting out you seedlings from a cold frame in late spring. Two worms in a cold frame discussing when to plant out the young plants. One worm says to the other:"To be safe, best to plant out in late spring." The other worm says, "To be even safer, listen to the weather report."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

Protecting young plants against the wind and rain is a breeze

This cartoon is about cold frames being robust and easy to pen, to best protect plants fronm the wind and rain. Two worms are talking, one is in the ground outside the cold frame, the other is sitting on the rim of the cold frame, which is open. The worm on the groubnd says, " How easy was it to open and ventilate?" The other worm says, "A breeze, you might say."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

How wood you build a cold frame?

The cartoon shows two worms outside a coldframe made of aluminium and glass. The copy reads, Coldframes can be made from metal, platic, glass, brick, wood or even haybales. One worm says, "For a warmer coldframe I suggest using solid side with a glass top use wooden". The other worm replies, "you wood, wood you."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

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allotment Tasks in the garden

Have you warmed to the idea of a cold frame?

This cartoon shows two worms in a cold frame, and in a plant pot. The plants in the pot have wilted, as has one of the owrms. One worm says, " acclimatise on an overcast and dull day, or your plants could wilt." The other worm, who has wilted, has its head on the ground. It says, "or on your head be it."

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents

Categories
allotment Tasks in the garden

Got time to make a cold frame?

H guide on how to make a cold frame. It show s the cover of the pdf download and a sketch of the cold frame in parts

You can use a cold frame all year round. Right now it’s good for acclimatising your seedlings and protecting succulents