For those who are asking for more details about using bulb frames, I wrote an article on the subject for the NARGS Rock Garden Quarterly some years ago. Would people like to have it reprinted in the PBS newsletter? Jane McGary At 02:22 PM 1/19/2009, you wrote: >OK, Jim, I'll bite. Tell us more about this protected cold frame. >What is it made of, how deeply do you set it in the ground, what is >the glazing? Internal height? Do you use insulation around the >outside? Gravel base? Shade cloth in summer? How do you anchor the >glazing in high winds, etc? I ran a commercial greenhouse for years, >and so have held off going anywhere close to that direction for the >past decade in my own garden, but having given in to the dark side >and admitting that I adore geophyte (by joining PBS), I am now >looking at how to grow those species that can't take zone 8 conditions. >Details, please. >Kathleen >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/