When I was in Amish country the big thing was using old wooden windows. 4 panes for the sides and 2 panes for the roof. Looked like a house. They made a cute addition to the garden.
Spring Projects now Summer Projects!
Now, isn't this cool? That Trash to Treasure Forum really has some great stuff.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=7046683
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Stormy, that is what I was talking about. Gee when I think about all the old windows we trashed when we replaced them for new : (
Lady, I thought maybe it was. I have old windows and doors that I use for cold frames. Just put them on top of bales of straw.
Jfleming, what I have really been wanting are hip high raised beds, literally raised up in the air on legs. Those cold frames would be neat on top of those.
My husband built the garden boxes 2 feet high. It makes for easy gardening. It's raining buckets here today. So, no pictures of the finished cold frames. In the Greenhouse forum, I got a great idea for winter gardening. Someone built a greenhouse using the same materials I used for the cold frames. Then they purchased rolls of bubble wrap used for shipping and lined the interior of their greenhouse with it. I plan on using that for the interior of the cold frames too. Stormyla, I love the idea of using bales of straw and topping them with windows. I tell my husband and I may never get any more boxes built.
jf
I think you have a good thing going on. Will you plant spinach, I think that would be a great crop. What is your zone?
jfleming, LOL I know what you mean.. The Straw Bale cold frames are neat. One year, I was able to put my seeds out there to germinate. I'd read about turning it into a hot box by putting down 2" of fresh manure and covering it with dirt. When the plants were ready to move out in May, I tore the partially composted bales apart and mixed them in with the manure. Shoveled the mix into one of those giant Rubbermaid tubs (5x2x2') and let it sit through the summer. Come fall it was fully composted and ready to mix into the fall plantings and side dress some others.
Ladygardener1, I will definitely plant spinach, lettuce, carrots, and any cool season crops,anything that will grow in early spring. I'm new to all this but I'm going to give this a whirl, see if it works! I'm in Zone 7b
I bet you will have a nice crop, jf, keep us up to date on your progress.
In the half an hour that it wasn't raining yesterday, I finally got around to cleaning up an eyesore that was annoying me in every photo of this bed. I painted all of that metal hardware to match the bricks. Water meter, electrical outlet, dryer vent, water turn off, and light motion sensor. I feel so much better now!!!
Now if I could only get a self cleaning house. Most years I only have to scrub the Algae off of this shaded wall twice a season. This year I've already done it 3 times and now it needs it again. Even my string hammock has Algae all over it. I'm afraid to bleach that as it might rot the strings. Any less caustic suggestions? I would hate to put it away like that. It is now a light green color, not at all white.
How about using a solution made with that "Oxy" powder used in laundry?
It is made to remove "organic" stains......and it saus on the container that it is Chlorine Bleach free. I looked...
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You might also test the bleach on a bit of string at one end of the hammock or something... if it's a cotton hammock, bleach is probably the best way to go, but if it's a blend then you're right that it could cause problems. I also have good luck soaking grass stains etc. in a strong solution of regular laundry detergent.
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Care to move this on to Fall-Winter projects?????
We are WAYYY over 200 entries!
Thanks, Gita & Critter, I'll try something tomorrow.
Gita, I started a new thread :)
Fall/Winter Projects http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1049330/
Stormy, your paint job looks great! I know what you mean about those "eyesores" - I have a few which annoy me too :) Rick always rolls his eyes when I talk about tackling them, like that's going to happen "when"? LOL
I laughed when I read "self cleaning house" - at first I thought you were talking about "housework" :) I did a quick search to find a remedy for your siding/hammock. Most sites list Chlorox - a 50/50 Chlorox/water mix, applied with a spray bottle. One site mentions Trisodium Phosphate - not familiar with this but sounds like it works better to prevent the algae from coming back? For your hammock, ever use Simple Green? I swear by this stuff, been using it for years! Sometimes I dilute it but for a really tough job I use it full strength. After we had the floors done this summer, I wanted to clean up an Oriental rug we have at the front door. It had been years since it was cleaned and the cream colored fringe was stained and disgusting. I used full strength Simple Green on it, scrubbed and scrubbed and when I hosed it down it looked like new :) Maybe if you soaked your hammock in SG, it might work?