☃️ -6 just now, -9, possibly lower, forecast here in the High Peak. I'll check the max/min thermometer in the coldframe tomorrow 🥶
January 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
☃️ -6 just now, -9, possibly lower, forecast here in the High Peak. I'll check the max/min thermometer in the coldframe tomorrow 🥶
Eagerly waiting for the first seeds of the season to germinate: various salads & onions, spinach and carrots are already outside in the coldframe, while the brassicas like broccoli 🥦 and cauliflower first get some extra warmth inside to get started 🌱
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Eagerly waiting for the first seeds of the season to germinate: various salads & onions, spinach and carrots are already outside in the coldframe, while the brassicas like broccoli 🥦 and cauliflower first get some extra warmth inside to get started 🌱
#crapnaturephotography
A Woodpecker on the nuts.
Soon afterwards, it flew up to the tree where 2 youngsters pestered it for food.
A Woodpecker on the nuts.
Soon afterwards, it flew up to the tree where 2 youngsters pestered it for food.
June 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
#crapnaturephotography
A Woodpecker on the nuts.
Soon afterwards, it flew up to the tree where 2 youngsters pestered it for food.
A Woodpecker on the nuts.
Soon afterwards, it flew up to the tree where 2 youngsters pestered it for food.
Feel-good garden moments, just because:
Yuzu sapling + rosemary that made it through another coastal BC winter. Still anticipating late-winter cold snaps. In the coldframe: new growth on over-wintered beets and leeks, and a Camellia sinensis (tea) plant that I vowed to nurse to health.
Yuzu sapling + rosemary that made it through another coastal BC winter. Still anticipating late-winter cold snaps. In the coldframe: new growth on over-wintered beets and leeks, and a Camellia sinensis (tea) plant that I vowed to nurse to health.
February 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Feel-good garden moments, just because:
Yuzu sapling + rosemary that made it through another coastal BC winter. Still anticipating late-winter cold snaps. In the coldframe: new growth on over-wintered beets and leeks, and a Camellia sinensis (tea) plant that I vowed to nurse to health.
Yuzu sapling + rosemary that made it through another coastal BC winter. Still anticipating late-winter cold snaps. In the coldframe: new growth on over-wintered beets and leeks, and a Camellia sinensis (tea) plant that I vowed to nurse to health.
October 30, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Morning all.
I rescued this coldframe from going to landfill in 2016, upcycled it changing colour schemes as ideas evolved, it's now rotten & beyond repair so I'm going to give this area a small revamp & restyle adding pots, plants & tiered shelves to display finds & makes...
I rescued this coldframe from going to landfill in 2016, upcycled it changing colour schemes as ideas evolved, it's now rotten & beyond repair so I'm going to give this area a small revamp & restyle adding pots, plants & tiered shelves to display finds & makes...
March 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Morning all.
I rescued this coldframe from going to landfill in 2016, upcycled it changing colour schemes as ideas evolved, it's now rotten & beyond repair so I'm going to give this area a small revamp & restyle adding pots, plants & tiered shelves to display finds & makes...
I rescued this coldframe from going to landfill in 2016, upcycled it changing colour schemes as ideas evolved, it's now rotten & beyond repair so I'm going to give this area a small revamp & restyle adding pots, plants & tiered shelves to display finds & makes...
Pitcher plants going under cover for the winter 🌱
November 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Pitcher plants going under cover for the winter 🌱
A couple of years ago, moles accessed my coldframe and devoured my plants - twice.
And, so, it sad idle ever since (so frustrated)
This year, i attached the screen (like you used) to the bottom of the coldframe snd we are trying again!
Good luck!!
And, so, it sad idle ever since (so frustrated)
This year, i attached the screen (like you used) to the bottom of the coldframe snd we are trying again!
Good luck!!
March 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A couple of years ago, moles accessed my coldframe and devoured my plants - twice.
And, so, it sad idle ever since (so frustrated)
This year, i attached the screen (like you used) to the bottom of the coldframe snd we are trying again!
Good luck!!
And, so, it sad idle ever since (so frustrated)
This year, i attached the screen (like you used) to the bottom of the coldframe snd we are trying again!
Good luck!!
Pellitory of the wall Parietaria judaica growing berserk behind its informal coldframe. Foodplant of the Red Admiral for #wildflowerhour
January 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Pellitory of the wall Parietaria judaica growing berserk behind its informal coldframe. Foodplant of the Red Admiral for #wildflowerhour
🌱Some more of last year’s Nemesia, along with a container of succulents, both of which we stashed in the coldframe greenhouse for the winter which gave both survived and are now starting to thrive. The new greenhouse we are building out of glass should hopefully work even better for this.
April 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🌱Some more of last year’s Nemesia, along with a container of succulents, both of which we stashed in the coldframe greenhouse for the winter which gave both survived and are now starting to thrive. The new greenhouse we are building out of glass should hopefully work even better for this.
🌱The nasturtiums in some of the larger mixed flower planters we stashed in the coldframe for the winter not only survived, they’re trying to take over. Getting them planted in the gardens is therefore a priority. Problem is, almost everything in there, both wintered over and newly sown is now ready!
May 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌱The nasturtiums in some of the larger mixed flower planters we stashed in the coldframe for the winter not only survived, they’re trying to take over. Getting them planted in the gardens is therefore a priority. Problem is, almost everything in there, both wintered over and newly sown is now ready!
Afternoon folks … & so warm!
I do like a bit of upcycling. Never throw away your failing clothes horses … they can transition into the garden 😀👍🏼
#gardening #coldframe #netting
Have a great weekend…
I do like a bit of upcycling. Never throw away your failing clothes horses … they can transition into the garden 😀👍🏼
#gardening #coldframe #netting
Have a great weekend…
April 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Afternoon folks … & so warm!
I do like a bit of upcycling. Never throw away your failing clothes horses … they can transition into the garden 😀👍🏼
#gardening #coldframe #netting
Have a great weekend…
I do like a bit of upcycling. Never throw away your failing clothes horses … they can transition into the garden 😀👍🏼
#gardening #coldframe #netting
Have a great weekend…
It's 40 here. It was torture working in the greenhouse because it's a coldframe...no heat
March 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It's 40 here. It was torture working in the greenhouse because it's a coldframe...no heat
Gymnocalycium parade, G. berchtii and G. kieslingii respectively. In the group photo on the left is G. ragonesei. The warmer temperatures did their work. I grow them alongside Ptero- & Austrocactus in a coldframe with steel mesh (for fresh air) on all sides.
August 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Gymnocalycium parade, G. berchtii and G. kieslingii respectively. In the group photo on the left is G. ragonesei. The warmer temperatures did their work. I grow them alongside Ptero- & Austrocactus in a coldframe with steel mesh (for fresh air) on all sides.
I keep the Snowflakes in a coldframe with a screened top. Edgewood Gardens has several kinds. Chipmunks are a threat even though they are supposedly poisonous. Bulbs eventually flower here even when dry.
August 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I keep the Snowflakes in a coldframe with a screened top. Edgewood Gardens has several kinds. Chipmunks are a threat even though they are supposedly poisonous. Bulbs eventually flower here even when dry.
When it gets below freezing do you cover your #coldframe or brush off the snow? Trying to figure out if I should just leave blankets/snow on tomorrow since it will be 25 degree high...
November 30, 2024 at 3:21 AM
When it gets below freezing do you cover your #coldframe or brush off the snow? Trying to figure out if I should just leave blankets/snow on tomorrow since it will be 25 degree high...
#vegetablegardening #coldframe #gardening
COLDFRAME - take 2
(First try: voles ate all my plants. Twice. So I gave up)
This time:
- cardboard on the grass
- wire mesh secured to bottom of frame
Yesterday: temp went from low of 46f to high of 73.
Left window opens automatically with warmth.
COLDFRAME - take 2
(First try: voles ate all my plants. Twice. So I gave up)
This time:
- cardboard on the grass
- wire mesh secured to bottom of frame
Yesterday: temp went from low of 46f to high of 73.
Left window opens automatically with warmth.
March 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#vegetablegardening #coldframe #gardening
COLDFRAME - take 2
(First try: voles ate all my plants. Twice. So I gave up)
This time:
- cardboard on the grass
- wire mesh secured to bottom of frame
Yesterday: temp went from low of 46f to high of 73.
Left window opens automatically with warmth.
COLDFRAME - take 2
(First try: voles ate all my plants. Twice. So I gave up)
This time:
- cardboard on the grass
- wire mesh secured to bottom of frame
Yesterday: temp went from low of 46f to high of 73.
Left window opens automatically with warmth.
I like your coldframe. Were square bales accessible down here still I would be doing something comparable (full square of bales w/ windows on top).
January 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I like your coldframe. Were square bales accessible down here still I would be doing something comparable (full square of bales w/ windows on top).
🌱 #Gardening
These beautiful pansies were a Mother’s Day gift last May. They flowered beautifully all last summer & fall in this dappled shade location and withstood multiple heatwaves with 40’C highs. We moved them into our coldframe greenhouse for winter and thus far, they are surviving well.
These beautiful pansies were a Mother’s Day gift last May. They flowered beautifully all last summer & fall in this dappled shade location and withstood multiple heatwaves with 40’C highs. We moved them into our coldframe greenhouse for winter and thus far, they are surviving well.
January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🌱 #Gardening
These beautiful pansies were a Mother’s Day gift last May. They flowered beautifully all last summer & fall in this dappled shade location and withstood multiple heatwaves with 40’C highs. We moved them into our coldframe greenhouse for winter and thus far, they are surviving well.
These beautiful pansies were a Mother’s Day gift last May. They flowered beautifully all last summer & fall in this dappled shade location and withstood multiple heatwaves with 40’C highs. We moved them into our coldframe greenhouse for winter and thus far, they are surviving well.
Introduction: Overwinter Cacti and Succulents
When the warm days of summer start fading into the cool, crisp air of autumn, it’s a sign that the time is near to prepare your beloved cacti and succulents for overwinter. #cacti #coldframe #growlights #neemoil
When the warm days of summer start fading into the cool, crisp air of autumn, it’s a sign that the time is near to prepare your beloved cacti and succulents for overwinter. #cacti #coldframe #growlights #neemoil
Safely Overwinter Your Cacti and Succulents Indoors: Expert Tips
As winter approaches, your cacti and succulents need special care to survive the colder months. This guide provides essential steps for overwinter.
plantnerdery.com
August 16, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Introduction: Overwinter Cacti and Succulents
When the warm days of summer start fading into the cool, crisp air of autumn, it’s a sign that the time is near to prepare your beloved cacti and succulents for overwinter. #cacti #coldframe #growlights #neemoil
When the warm days of summer start fading into the cool, crisp air of autumn, it’s a sign that the time is near to prepare your beloved cacti and succulents for overwinter. #cacti #coldframe #growlights #neemoil
Still alive! Now if I can keep them alive through february it would be nice. #garden #coldframe #spinach #lettuce
December 8, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Still alive! Now if I can keep them alive through february it would be nice. #garden #coldframe #spinach #lettuce