C-c-cold Frames!
C-c-cold Frames!
Today on Homestead Homebodies we're making some new cold frames. Staining all the wood for this project was done outside and the sun helped to quickly dry the boards.
Once the boards had completely dried, we cut them to the size and shapes we needed. Once cut to size, they were moved to a staging area to begin assembly.
With everything pre-cut, assembly was quick and easy. These frames are six feet by two feet and are built with 1"x 6"x 6' boards using 2" x 2"s for framing and lids.
Once the box's were complete we put the lids together ensuring a good fit before applying the plastic.
Working like this is a bit like assembly line work but it's much faster, and easier to stay focused rather than building each cold frame one at a time.
Now that the frames and lids are complete all that's left to do is add the plastic around the lids creating a double layer of winter weather protection.
With the cold frames completed all we have to do is plant our winter greens now and enjoy them in January and February. There is nothing like fresh greens from your garden when the snow is three feet high. Just take a look at our video titled "Snowblowing our way to lunch" and you'll see what we mean!
Beautiful work my friend! Looks like I've missed a few of your posts!?! I've been spending a bit of time over on steem hunt. I'll have to go back and check em' out!
And now I'll have to go check out steem hunt!
Hello friend brimax, to understand the cold boxes and their usefulness I saw your video, by the way very well edited, and I was surprised to see so interesting work, which serves as greenhouses, where they can plant and then in winter time eat the fresh herbs as if they were seasonal, here we do not have snow, only rains in winter, however it was a great investment in greenhouses echos mesh and tubes, nationally, and it is painful to see today all demolished, seeing its excellent Work gives me much more strength to continue in the struggle against these people of the town, if they used this kind of ideas, we would save a lot of time and money, because when the harvests are not seasonal their price becomes unattainable for the people. Really my respect for you, for your work of bricomania, making your farm a very exciting place to live and enjoy, there is no healthier and richer life, than the one you live, I congratulate you both for being a couple worthy of follow their example, as honest and hardworking people who love natural life. my special greetings for the princess of the house Candy, my regards and regards friend @brimax
I am happy to see you gain strength through our videos to continue your struggle with the people of your town. Stay strong, were sending hope your way. Thank you @perlanacarada!
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I am curious if you have a rough estimate of the cost for materials for one of the cold frames. Granted, it's hard to put a price on the sweat equity involved in their production. I remember the video of @anise harvesting the greens last winter and it would sure be great to be able to do so for myself.
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These are "reasonable" in terms of cost. Total cost including lumber, hardware, screws, plastic, and stain was $62.33 each.
This will be a bit of a test as our older cold frames were much thicker stock. We are feeling confident that it won't make much difference. We're going to do a planting each week for the next four weeks and see which planting nets the best result.
Let us know if you take the plunge and make some, we'd be interested in hearing your over winter results, B.
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Friend, how are you? This is great, the vegetables are conserved very well, and the best thing is that you do it yourself, I am impressed to see how those boxes are under so much snow and when you open them, there are very green vegetables ready for a salad, there is nothing more healthy than that
Greetings to the beautiful Candy and your wife!
We really enjoy fresh salads in the middle of winter!
Brother, how are you? great work that shows that you are very good at what you do, it is great to see very green vegetables despite the weather, I am amazed with your farm, I am grateful to follow you and see everything you achieve
Many blessings for everyone on the farm!
We're going to try and have fresh greens all winter using four cold frames. We'll update our progress!
Your coldframe project is giving me ideas about making something like this to put on top of my raised bed where the carrots are. I plan on harvesting the carrots before it gets too cold this year, but the cold frames do help to warm up the ground in the spring so that I can get an earlier start on planting whatever I end up planting in the raised bed next year.
I would suspect if you put a cold frame over your carrots, you wouldn't have to harvest them all at once. When the days get shorter they'll stop growing but will be ready to pick as you need them!
Very good and professional work, it really takes special skills to care for plants in different seasons in order to produce the best.
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Friend is impressive the good work done, are aesthetic, practical and look beautiful, congratulations!
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I am grateful to follow you because your all post is gardening. I like it very much.Thank you so much my friend.
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