Saturday, December 15, 2012

MOVING ON OUT TO THE COLD FRAME - 1 OCTOBER 2012

Ever eager to upcycle – I made this little cold frame for my seedlings from an old laundry tub and a FREE window from the Wellington Tip Shop.  I have always meant to paint it and attach some hinges to the window, but haven’t quite got around to it.  I hope to make this happen sometime this summer….
For the past year, this has been a temporary home to my baby seedlings for about a week or so prior to planting them out.  I prop the window up during the day and close it at night to keep them all snug.  I have oodles of lovely flower seedlings in here at the moment and it is also housing my Yates Parsley – Italian Flat Leaf, Yates Sweet Basil, Yates Dill, Yates Tomato ‘Grosse Lisse’ and Yates Tomato ‘Tiny Tim’.  The tomatoes will be in here for a week to harden off and then they should be ready for planting out this weekend.
Using the cold frame has been a great way to ensure that my seedlings can cope with the weather when they move from the comforts of indoors to outdoors and since I’ve used this, I’ve found that I have had much more success with the seedlings growing on into healthy plants.
 

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