February is here and spring is approaching fast. I want to try my hand out at growing from seeds instead of spending the $ on the grown plants at the store. I realize my initial investment this year is more than what I'd like to have spent but once these things are built and done, the following years should be inexpensive. I toyed with the idea of keeping seeds in my garage and growing them there with a heating system but it all sounded like a pain. The idea of a Cold Frame sounded cool to me. My husband could build one of these No problem-o. There are tons of designs and ideas on the web. I liked the idea of using either old windows for the lid or a door. We lucked out and found this old door at this place downtown called B&B Sales which is one of the most interesting places I've ever shopped. Three floors of old hardware and just stuff everywhere. We purchased this old door for $40 and then bought some inexpensive fence panels to make some seed bins. Yea, I know you could use just about anything to start your seeds in, but I wanted something that was size specific for my Cold Frame.
Mock Up Build in the Shop
Lots of measuring and cutting, holding, repositioning, cutting again..and so on
Carpenter for a husband is a bonus.
Now that's looking real good.
Cut circles out and filled the old door handles.
Then added two pulls so that it's easy to open and close.
Time to move it out to the garden location and install
This is way better than I had imagined.
I can see my cold frame bringing life to a many of seed.
Hey, what the heck is that?
Oh that's just a weed.
I still need to add a seal around the edge to help keep the heat in and maybe a latch of some sort just in case we get some tornado like winds. The glass is tempered but I would prefer they not get broken. This is Oklahoma and I do not trust Mother Nature.
Now it's time to build some flats to put in my cold frame that will hold my seeds.
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