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Cold frame uses

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Location: Western NC, zone 6B/7A

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I love the humble cold frame.

Currently, we primarily use ours:
-to grow winter salad greens
-to harden off seedlings
-as a temporary nursery bed for things like sea kale (while not growing winter greens)
-as a protected area for potted plants in case of a cold snap

Does anyone have any other interesting ways of using a cold frame?

Matt McSpadden

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Hi Tanya,
You covered everything I have or would have used a cold frame for. I'd be curious if anyone else has anything else.

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Revo Smith

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I use mine to start apples from seed until they're ready to transplant into the ground. Mostly like that my food frame is vole proof and weed free.

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Douglas Alpenstock

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Depending on how it's built, it could be a dandy solar dehydrator in late summer.

Michelle Heath

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I currently don't have a cold frame but I utilized my last one as a warming area for jugs of water in the fall. In an hour or so those jugs would warm up enough to water the last few crops when needed.

Forever creating a permaculture paradise!

Michelle Heath

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