Cold Frames

[lord_seagrave]

Thanks to the extremely generous Ant.Mass (nuff respec') I was able to complete my latest garden project – a set of cold frames to kick-start my pea-growing.

 

Having recently deconstructed the sturdy slatted shelves from the old airing cupboard, there was no shortage of wood in New Seagrave Towers for the frames. A couple of coats of B&Q’s finest dark oak stain later, and they were ready to be finished off.

 

The twinwall polycarbonate was somewhat thicker than I had originally planned on using, but this wasn’t a problem, as the frames were pretty stout (¾” x 1 ¾”). Ant also donated some clear acrylic sheets that were absolutely perfect for the fronts. The jigsaw made light work of all of it (nice one Dad!).

 

Pictures below as part made and in situ.

 

 

 

 

 

Finished dimensions are 24” x 12” for the base, and 13 ¾” high at the back (i.e. a foot, plus the depth of the frame).

 

That's a 6' row of peas just waiting to happen. Nice.

 

 

LS

 

PS: This took me almost all of Saturday, whereupon I got it in the neck from Lady Seagrave (who had left careful house-based DIY instructions) on Saturday evening, and calls anything to do with the garden "playing".

[ant.mass]

Duncan they look good mate and was nice meeting you and thanks the beer

[stubby]

spiffing job there that man....

[deny essex]

Thems is tidy frames, im not going to let the mrs see them