The Great Cold Frame Experiment

[thistlebloom]

We had a very white Thanksgiving. I'm dreaming of a green spring...

 

[wifezilla]

Must be all that global warming

 

[thistlebloom]

Yeah, where is that darn GW when you want it?
Have you put your plants in the cold frame yet? I'm gardening vicariously thru you! :coolsun

 

[wifezilla]

I have been forced against my will to earn a living and work has been busy. However, I did dig the bag of bok choy seeds out of the seed box and they are ready to go in the ground tomorrow morning

 

[thistlebloom]

: yaaa!

 

[RickF]

Without seeing your pictures (I'm at work and photobucket links don't work), I'm wondering if you've sealed the gaps between the water bottles sufficiently -- perhaps you put straw between them..

Another thing to ponder would be to add a 60 watt light to the equation.. I suspect that little amount of heat would be sufficient to help raise the temps quite a bit -- perhaps put on a timer to run at night to keep the temps at bay.. Perhaps that's not practical..

 

[wifezilla]

There is straw between the gaps. Temps seem to be pretty stable...between 36 and 45 degrees. I could run a light if I had to, but I don't want to and think I can go without if I have enough thermal mass.

And guess what???



I have a sprout!!!

 

[thistlebloom]

 

[wifezilla]

The cold frame isn't my only winter growing experiment...
http://bluefeatherfarm.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-gardening.html

 

[lesa]

Congrats to you!!