Good Idea. I have an old window frame, that I asked Hubby to make a cold frame with about 3 years ago. He says what’s that? I show him a picture. Well I guess so he says.
Wait a while. Ask him again will you make me a cold frame?? He looks at me-cold frame??? What’s that?? I can’t find the picture, go to the internet and print another-Oh yeh that thing ok.
The thing will be rotten and panes broken by the time he gets around to it, I have a feeling. I tried making one using styro foam around it on my raised beds; it just didn’t work well.
Well you know, there’s only so many hours in the day, and that’s just not at the top of his list.
Here is my cold frame (obviously not in use this time of year). It was cheap, took a couple of hours to put together and lasted well. I'll replace the top plastic this fall, but the plastic is cheap.
It has 4 stakes that I drive into the ground when I put it where it goes to hold it down.
I like the plastic top, because the weight is easier to handle than glass, and less likely to break.
When properly installed and the stakes are pounded in, it slopes so that rain runs off and I can point the low side to the south.
/johnny