EVP MAN wrote:
I want to harden off all my vegetable seedlings a week or two before
planting in the garden. My problem is that I don't care for the fact
that I have to carry all of them in and out of the house each day. I
have several styro coolers with lids that are just sitting in my
basement. Would it be possible to bury these coolers in the ground
and use them as cold frames to harden off my seedlings? I could
remove the lids during nice days and then place the lids back on at
night to protect them from any frost we might still get in my area of
PA. Or perhaps instead of burying the coolers in the ground, I
could just pack soil and sod around them. I dug a new garden this
year had have a huge pile of sod in back of my shed that I would like
to find some sort of use for. Does this sound like a reasonable idea
to harden off my plants or would it not work at all? Thanks in
advance for your advice

Rich

I have a mobile greenhouse/ cold frame. It has a framework with wire mesh
shelves and a plastic tent over it. I have added wheels so I can move it
out in the sun through the day or back under shelter if a frost is likely
that night.

David