Building a Cold Frame

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on March 1, 1981
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After you've finished building a cold frame, embed it in the ground and you'll be ready to start seed cultivation.
After you've finished building a cold frame, embed it in the ground and you'll be ready to start seed cultivation.
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Diagram shows the parts and assembly relationships for the solar cold frame.
Diagram shows the parts and assembly relationships for the solar cold frame.

Building a cold frame is one of the best ways for an aspiring
gardener (especially one whose bankroll won’t support the
purchase or the construction of a full-sized greenhouse) to
get a head start on a summer vegetable plot. In most parts
of the country, a mini-hot house will help you

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