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RE: Too Quiet

I'm in NE Oklahoma, and we've been down to 20 once, and in the low 20's several times. Broccoli and brussels sprouts are in the garden, not the cold frame, and they look fantastic. My NZ spinach in the cold frame is not doing much, nor is my leaf lettuce. It's the first year I've planted in the cold frame in this location, and I think the soil just needs some more organic matter.
Speaking of cold frames, I just found and unlikely one. I upgraded an office computer system today, and hauled off all their IBM display writers and printers. These massive printers had a wooden framed hood, with a plexiglass lid to muffle their sound. The hood is about 3 x3 ft, and 2.5 ft high in the back, and 1.5 ft or so in the front. The plexiglass lid is hinged in the middle, as well as at the back, so it folds back on itself on opening . Best of all, two ventilation fans are built in, so all I have to do is hook them up to a thermostat for warm season cooling. Best of all, I kept it out of the trash dumster, and out of the landfill. 

-----Original Message-----
From:	KDMcCullum [SMTP:KDMcCullum@AOL.COM]
Sent:	Tuesday, December 09, 1997 11:58 PM
To:	SQFT@lists.umsl.edu
Subject:	Re: Too Quiet

The list got quiet last year about this time. Give it two or three months and
things will be hopping again. 

Is anybody doing some winter gardening? I've got some cold hardy plants in the
ground still and they are still holding on. Temps got down to 44 last night.
That is far enough above freezing that I can still grow the cold hardy plants.
It rarely gets below freezing here for more than a few weeks so I'm trying to
go through the winter. The plants sure don't grow fast but they are still
growing. I'd like to hear from anybody who is using cold frames or row covers
to keep the heat in durring the night.

Kurt McCullum
Glendale, CA Zone 9b



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