Re: Cold frames
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- Subject: Re: Cold frames
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 1997 09:08:08 -0700 (MST)
Claire wrote:
>Ellen G. may be able to offer more insight on beating short season gardening
>restrictions. Any other ideas, Ellen?
No words of wisdom coming from here to add to your frigid-almost-no-
days-of-gardening guide except to have a sturdy greenhouse. That is
the way we are going to have to go...friends up here have cold frames
and Andy was in the process of building three and the weather made
it impossible to work outside. The wind can't be underestimated here
and everything is done with it in mind. The snow in October didn't
faze us but it usually comes and goes until November....this year
it came and stayed.
Cold frames are not very common and they have to have some
protection from the wind and I can't comment on glass vs. plastic
except to say some old glass storm windows that were stored outside
cracked and collapsed in previous years. We can't use pottery
planters outside since they disintegrate from the cold. All our
permanent ones (read box planters) are made of wood by my husband.
>I also spring plant any dubious subjects under upturned 5-gal pails which
>makes our garden a great spring sight. Again to keep pails in place a rock
>is on top.
We do the same thing.....I recommend trying iris seeds in the ground
in late Fall......at least Siberians. This is the time that nature
intended the pods to deposit seed and you can't fool Mother Nature.
Cheers,
Ellen (a new grandma to Anthony as of Nov. 23rd :-))
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