Home made cold frame?
"Annabel" wrote in message
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"shannie" wrote in message
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I have a very old chest of drawers in one of my sheds. The bottom is
rotting
in one of the drawers and I was wondering if this would do as a
'beginners'
cold frame. It's very large measures about 5' long x 2.5' deepx 18"
tall.
It's very strong wood (except the bottom)and if I knock the rest of
the
rotten wood out of the bottom would it be alright to use as a cold
frame? If
it is, do I have to have sloping glass on top or can I just put a pane
of
glass on top and leave it flat?
Thanks in advance Shan (Ireland)
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Best to have it sloping so that condensation formed on the inside does
not drop onto seed trays etc, also a slopping top sheds rain better.
And you don't need to cut the drawer, just bury one side a little into the
ground.
Alan
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