Crazy Horse
Well-known Member
I see a lot of us are already harvesting some garden stuff ..... not up here quite yet. We got in all the seed rows on Monday but last night we had a good dump of snow, about 4 inches of HEAVY stuff. I wouldn't say this is a regular occurrence at this time of year but it does happen. Temps are hoovering around freezing. For my transplants, like tomatoes, cukes, squash, bedding plants (annual flowers), they are inside this cold frame I've had for maybe 40+ years. Six panels with poly on 4 of them, it all comes apart for storage and it sits on our back patio. This one is about 6x8 feet but I grow less than I used to and could get by now with one half the size. I have two 'old' 100W incandescent light bulbs inside to kill the frost on cold nights, you'd be surprised how effective those can be. Last night I tarped it with the snow, usually it works fine without the bulbs even being plugged in.
