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Pughbear7 wrote:
Hi everyone: I realize I was suposed to chat about soils but a few of you have asked about building a cold frame/ green house (GH).
Ok they can be as elaborate as you would like or just a simple stick frame structure covered with Poly (in the paint supplies at wally world) a thick plastic sheet is advisable. You can buy 3 year product from several suppliers on line. I can point you in their direction, but I am going to stick to this because I am cheap. I prefer to buy out of home depots discount bin in the lumber department. Usually I can buy 2x4 - 4 ft long for 51 cents each.
I am going to base this on a 4ft by 4 ft and 4 ft tall with as many shelves you would like. But keep in mind the higher the stucture the possability for more cold to infiltrate is there. build a basic square out of the 2x4 run one 2x4 in the middle of the 4x4 square. so you will star with 3 - 2x4 - 4ft long on thier side and nail the outside edge to the end of the self base boards. see the attached scan. Make 3 of these.