How to Use cold frame in a Sentence

cold frame

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  • In a way, this is like starting seeds using a cold frame.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Otherwise, set the open bottom of the cold frame directly on the soil.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The cold frame acts like a mini greenhouse and keeps the vegetables from freezing.
    — Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Plant onion seeds 4 to 6 weeks before the last average frost—or even earlier indoors or in a cold frame.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Plant onion seeds four to six weeks before the last average frost — or even earlier indoors or in a cold frame.
    — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 21 May 2020
  • Follow directions for how each seed needs to be planted, then water and place in a sunny window, near a warm source of heat, or in a cold frame.
    — Trace Barnett, al, 28 Apr. 2020
  • But an unheated greenhouse or cold frame structure will lose heat quickly at night.
    — oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Just be aware that tomatoes, cucumbers and most squashes really do best in a greenhouse or cold frame.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Place a portable cold frame over rows of winter vegetables.
    — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Pull them into an unheated garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or similar site.
    — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The plants needed cold frames for spring, and the soil needed to be warmed by plastic for early summer, and then came dutiful protection from a particular species of beetle, which he was known to pursue by hand.
    — C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2016
  • Both really do need an outdoor greenhouse, cold frame or a really sunny summer window, though there are a few varieties that will fruit outdoors.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • This is the main reason why soil warming techniques such as cold frames or clear plastic mulch and greenhouses were traditionally mandated for growing them here.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Your extra energy can be funneled into constructive activities such as clearing out the garage or building cold frames for the garden.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Sow warm-weather plants like nightshades and cucurbits indoors for transplanting in May. Transplant aster, viola, zinnia, marigold, and delphinium from cold frames to beds.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
  • Other structures and systems to extend the growing season that have been discussed include cold frames, low tunnels and individual plant covers.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
  • Franz also talked about other season-extending devices and systems, including covers for individual plants, row covers and cold frames, all of which are intended to warm the soil and protect plants from cold weather.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
  • Committee members suggested some specific guidelines, such as a way to define structures and systems including greenhouses — allowed under city code — hoop houses, cold frames and low tunnels.
    — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018

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