[muntjac]

helping out on site today with plans for garden bits i got to thinking.now we all know what a cold frame is ..... i hope. wel i thought that some times we have a problem with space and i thought id share a few trricks with you on this very subject . . temporary coldframes have a use on the plot or ur garden so how about a hundred bricks and a frame made up square and covered in clear plastic sheeting...... when ya finished with it you can just stack the bricks away and pop the top in the garage or shed .. oh and if you put it against a house wall you can get heat from the house to warm it up ...

 now  straw bales make a great cold frame , four make a small one and 8 makes a bigger one . 4 in a row end to end  both top and bottom
with the end ones inside the 2 long arm ones .cover with the same sheeting and bingo another one .. oh and the straw actually warms up the air inside the cold frame  

 now i leave it to you to come up with some cheap and easy ways to make them

[leeky]

Pallet collars. Fold flat for storage, covered with polysheet for a lid.  


Not THAT pic again??? NOOOOOOOOO!  

[alan42]

made one from straw bales and the mice positivly loved it 18 dead up to now in two traps, my advice do not use bales.
alan

[muntjac]

made one from straw bales and the mice positivly loved it 18 dead up to now in two traps, my advice do not use bales.
alan

 but now ya dont have so many mice eating ya crops  

[agapanthus]

Bales are a fabulous idea.....the straw can be used as a mulch when the frame is no longer need. BUT, where do you get them from if you don't live in the country??

[muntjac]

horse stables near you aggy ?

[DD.]

There's a pet shop near us in the middle of town, just off the ring road that sells bales for bedding, so you don't have to be a countryite!

[WG.]

Sectional compost bins.  The ones with notches cut at the end of each plank.  Just add a few planks when your stuff is too high for the frame.  Stops them stretching for the light.

[sawnee]

Where can you get the fold flat pallet thingeys :?:

[leeky]

Sawnee!
They fit around pallets and are reusable outer covers for things like machinery parts or anything really. They are stackable too, which is coolbeans, as theoretically you could make a skyscraper shed.  
I find mine near a railway works. Sometimes they have brand new ones there and the wood is really nice. Too nice to leave outside....so I "rescue" them  

[agapanthus]

horse stables near you aggy ?

Not that I know of Munt.

[WG.]

Sawnee!
They fit around pallets and are reusable outer covers for things like machinery parts or anything really. They are stackable too, which is coolbeans, as theoretically you could make a skyscraper shed.  
I find mine near a railway works. Sometimes they have brand new ones there and the wood is really nice. Too nice to leave outside....so I "rescue" them  

You could make your own fairly easily.  Salvaged MDF sheets from the screens used on building sites; staple on chicken wire as hinges.  Not industrial strength by any means but should survive a good few moves if you handle them carefully.

You can cut the sheets to give an angled top to run off rain.

[muntjac]

wil have a scout around for a farmer on my bosses list .. how do you get the manure ?

[agapanthus]

wil have a scout around for a farmer on my bosses list .. how do you get the manure ?

Are you talking to me?

[muntjac]

yes aggy .. sorry