cold frame
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Whatever the dimensions of your cold frame, there’s one caveat: Never leave the lid all the way open when pots are inside, or a storm could soak them.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
An open cold frame would be ideal, where they could be left over the winter.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021
Of course I want that thick sheet of Perspex, for a possible future cold frame.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018
On the edge of the garden in a cold frame the tomato and bell pepper and cabbage sets were nearly ready for transplanting, waiting only for the passing of the frost danger.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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