Cold winter miscellany
totototo@telus.net (Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:19:31 PST)
On 9 Dec 2009, at 19:02, Kathleen Sayce wrote:
I came close to considering spousicide... when mine suggested that the
perfect place for a cold frame was a spot I've eyed for years, yet is full
of precious old pipes and rotting lumber that he's got stored for some
future project... now I'm waiting for a certain spouse to clear the site.
Craigslist is the answer. Put an ad in the "Free" category and someone will be
happy to come cart away your husband's treasured junk. Don't waste time trying
to sell it for money; consider it a good deal because it saved paying someone
to cart it to a dump.
As for coldframes: if possible, excavate so the bottom of the frame is about 8
inches (20 cm) below soil level. (This presumes good drainage; you do not want
your precious plants sitting in a sump filled with water.) And do not make the
height above ground too great, or your plants will be down in a hole looking up
longingly at the sky above. If I had the wherewithal, I'd have frames
constructed of masonry below ground with a fairly shallow top that could be
removed during the growing season.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island